{"product_id":"miguel-de-unamuno-an-anthology-of-his-poetry-9781910572276","title":"Miguel de Unamuno: An Anthology of his Poetry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiguel de Unamuno, one of Spain's foremost literary figures, is better known for his essays and novels than for his poetry.  Yet it was as a poet that he wished to be remembered and it is in his poems that he reveals the most intimate and sensitive part of his complex personality. To truly get to know Unamuno as creator it is necessary to read his poetry. This anthology of 50 poems, though modest in comparison to his large poetic output, offers the reader some of his most characteristic poems, with an English version prepared by a well-known Unamuno scholar. The English renderings are sufficiently free to allow for the use of rhyme and regular metre, but strive to capture Unamuno's highly personal way of looking at our human circumstance and destiny. In effect the anthology offers a way of approaching Unamuno that differs significantly from an approach via his prose works: it projects a more meditative and warm-hearted individual than the combative Unamuno of popular perception.  The 50 poems, each with a short commentary relating it to Unamuno's personal circumstances and to his thought, are arranged under six headings: (1) Family and Home; (2) God and Mortality;  (3) The Land;  (4) Exile;  (5) Language and Poetry;  (6) Philosophical Meditations. The anthology thus offers a microcosm of Unamuno's poetic world and should be useful to those who have little or no knowledge of him. It provides a way of learning something about the man and the writer through a part of his production that has received less attention than it deserves and which projects a significantly different image from the widespread view we have of him. The poems are preceded by a substantial introduction which explores the importance and relevance of Unamuno's poetry, his major themes, and his style.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnamuno’s Poetic Production 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoetic Themes 7\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Translation 18\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEditions of Unamuno’s Poetry 22\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelect Bibliography 24\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Family And Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 Volviendo a casa \/ Returning Home 28\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 El hogar \/ Home 30\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Dulce, silencioso pensamiento \/ Sweet, Silent Thought 32\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Al niño enfermo \/ To the Sick Child 34\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 En la muerte de Concha \/ Upon the Death of Concha 38\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 En mi estudio \/ In my Study 40\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 El niño y el muñeco \/ The Child and the Doll 44\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 La presencia de Concha \/ Concha’s Presence 46\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eII God And Mortality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9 Silencios vacíos \/ Empty Silence 52\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 Para después de mi muerte \/ After I Cease to Be 54\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11 Leyendo un libro vivo de un amigo muerto \/\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReading the Living Book of a Dead Friend 60\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12 A la espera \/ Waiting 62\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Ríos de mi vida \/ Rivers of my Life 64\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14 Irrequietum cor \/ Restless Heart 66\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 La oración del ateo \/ The Atheist’s Prayer 68\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16 Salmo II \/ Psalm II 70\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIII The Land\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17 Salamanca \/ Salamanca 76\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18 Tierra del Tormes \/ Land of the Tormes 80\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e19 Al Tormes \/ To the River Tormes 82\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20 La peña de Francia \/ The Rock of France 84\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e21 El lago de San Martín \/ The Lake at San Martín 86\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e22 Medina de Rioseco \/ Medina de Rioseco 88\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e23 La voz de la campana \/ The Voice of the Bell 90\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Portugal (i) \/ Portugal (i) 92\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e25 Portugal (ii) \/ Portugal (ii) 94\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIV Exile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e26 Mi otro sino \/ My Other Fate 98\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e27 Olas lejanas \/ Distant Waves 100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e28 Betancuria \/ Betancuria 102\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e29 Fuerteventura \/ Fuerteventura 104\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30 En el exilio \/ In Exile 106\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e31 Romances fronterizos \/ Frontier Ballads 108\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 Orhoit gutaz \/ Remember Us 110\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e33 El cementerio de Hendaya \/ The Cemetery at Hendaye 114\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eV Language and Poetry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e34 Las caras de la poesía \/ The Faces of Poetry 120\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e35 La labor del poeta \/ The Task of the Poet 122\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e36 La palabra que vibra \/ The Vibrant Word 124\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e37 La palabra cruel \/ The Cruel Word 126\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e38 La palabra símbolo \/ The Word as Symbol 128\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e39 Non omnis moriar \/ Not All of Me Will Die 130\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e40 El nombre del Hombre \/ The Name of Man 132\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e41 Los hijos de silencio \/ The Children of Silence 134\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVI Philosophical Meditations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e42 Kant y la rana \/ Kant and the Frog 140\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e43 ¿Libres? \/ Are we Free? 144\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e44 Dios y la palabra \/ God and the Word 146\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e45 Entropía \/ Entropy 148\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e46 Las agujas del reloj \/ The Hands of the Clock 150\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e47 Filosofemas \/ Philosophemes 152\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e48 La última palabra de Hamlet \/ Hamlet’s Last Word 154\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e49 Anamnesis \/ Reminiscence 158\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e50 La muerte es sueño \/ Death is a Dream 162\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommentaries on the Poems 165\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470282297687,"sku":"9781910572276","price":109.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781910572276.jpg?v=1744897878","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/miguel-de-unamuno-an-anthology-of-his-poetry-9781910572276","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}