(P/B) THE LANDSCAPE OF CASTILE

Παρουσίαση

This is the first complete English translation of Campos de Castilla, the book central to Machado's work, which was written between 1907 and 1917. Machado made his living as a teacher, and in 1907 he accepted a post in the isolated town of Soria in Castile. He stayed for five years, marrying and then watching as his young wife slowly died of tuberculosis. Though he moved often during the rest of his life, Castile remained his spiritual center, and the poems, many the result of long walks in the countryside, reflect the landscape there: spare and luminous. Published in a bilingual edition, this classic of Spanish literature also contains poems that address Spain's post-colonial reality and tributes to the writers, thinkers, and poets of his country. (From the publisher)

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Introduction
Campos de Castilla
The Landscape of Castile
(1907-1917)
Retrato
Portrait
A orillas del Duero
Along the Banks of the Duero River
For tierras de Espana
Across the Lands of Spain
El hospicio
The Poorhouse
El dios ibero
The Iberian God
Orillas del Duero
The Banks of the Duero River
Las encinas
The Oaks
"Eres tii, Guadarrama, viejo amigo..."
"Is that you, Guadarrama, old friend..."
En abril, las aguas mil
In April, the Showers
Un loco
A Madman
Fantasia iconografica
Iconographic Fantasy
Un criminal
A Criminal
Amanecer de otono
Autumn Dawn
En tren
By Train
Noche de verano
Summer Night
Pascua de Resurreccion
Easter of Resurrection
Campos de Soria
The Landscape of Soria
La tierra de Alvargonzalez
The Land of Alvargonzalez
A un olmo seco
To a Dry Elm
Recuerdos
Memories
Al maestro Azorin por su libro Castilla
To the Great Azorin, for His Book Castile
Caminos
Roads
Senor, ya me arrancaste lo que yo mas queria..
Lord, you've already torn from me what I loved most...
Dice la esperanza: un dia...
Hope says: One day...
Alla, en las tierras altas...
There in the high plains...
Sone que tu me llevabas...
I dreamed you were leading me...
Una noche de verano...
One summer night...
Al borrarse la nieve se alejaron...
With the melting snow, the mountain...
En estos campos de la tierra mia...
In the landscape of my native land...
A Jose Maria Palacio
To Jose Maria Palacio
Otro viaje
Another Journey
Poema de un dia
One Day's Poem
Noviembre 1913
November 1913
La saeta
The Saeta
Del pasado efimero
Of the Ephemeral Past
Los olivos
The Olive Trees
Llanto de las virtudes y coplas por la muerte de don Guido
Lament of the Virtues and Verses at the Death of don Guido
La mujer manchega
The Women of La Mancha
El manana efimero
The Ephemeral Future
Proverbios y cantares
Proverbs and Folksongs
Parabolas
Parables
Mi bufon
My Jester
ELOGIOS / PRAISES
A don Francisco Giner de los Rios
To don Francisco Giner de los Rios
Al joven meditador Jose Ortega y Gasset
To the Young Thinker Jose Ortega y Gasset
A Xavier Valcarce
To Xavier Valcarce
Mariposa de la Sierra
Butterfly of the Sierra
Desde mi rincon
From My Corner
Una Espana joven
A Young Spain
Espana, en paz
Spain at Peace
Esta leyenda en sabio romance campesino..
This legend in wise peasant language...
Al maestro Ruben Dario
To the Master Ruben Dario
A la muerte de Ruben Dario
On the Death of Ruben Dario
A Narciso Alonso Cortes, poeta de Castilla
To Narciso Alonso Cortes, Poet of Castile
Mis poetas
My Poets
A don Miguel de Unamuno
To don Miguel de Unamuno
A Juan Ramon Jimenez
To Juan Ramon Jimenez
Endnotes
Selected Other Translations
The Translators