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Paperback. Condition: New. In following up his translation of Contracanto a Walt Whitman / Countersong to Walt Whitman, the publication of Jonathan Cohen's translation of Poemas de buen amor. y a veces de fantasia, by the great national poet of the Dominican Republic, and an unquestionably major Caribbean poet, Pedro Mir, shows another side entirely of Mir's work: intensely political in the Countersong, sensual and erotic in Poems of Good Love. There is a challenge that the translator rises to in making English language poems that are truthful to the deliberately opaquer language of this collection in comparison to the communicative clarity of Mir's more overtly political collections. Here, Mir sets himself the task of writing about love in a way that is truthful to the Marxist historical materialism he embraced, in contrast to what he saw as the conventions of love poetry where love is seen as some kind of disembodied spiritual experience. As the introduction by Silvio Torres-Saillant makes clear, there were negatives as well as positives that followed from the task Mir set himself. It is obvious that fifty years ago (1969), feminism had not yet penetrated Mir's Latin American Marxism and there are elements of the patriarchal, indeed of the religiously Catholic in Mir's insistence that the chief purpose of love is procreation. What Mir triumphantly gives us, though, is a celebration of the carnality of love and the sheer joy of sex as the biological gift that (perhaps) ensures our continuance as a human species.With an introduction by Silvio Torres-Saillant.

Paperback. Condition: New. In following up his translation of Contracanto a Walt Whitman / Countersong to Walt Whitman, the publication of Jonathan Cohen's translation of Poemas de buen amor. y a veces de fantasia, by the great national poet of the Dominican Republic, and an unquestionably major Caribbean poet, Pedro Mir, shows another side entirely of Mir's work: intensely political in the Countersong, sensual and erotic in Poems of Good Love. There is a challenge that the translator rises to in making English language poems that are truthful to the deliberately opaquer language of this collection in comparison to the communicative clarity of Mir's more overtly political collections. Here, Mir sets himself the task of writing about love in a way that is truthful to the Marxist historical materialism he embraced, in contrast to what he saw as the conventions of love poetry where love is seen as some kind of disembodied spiritual experience. As the introduction by Silvio Torres-Saillant makes clear, there were negatives as well as positives that followed from the task Mir set himself. It is obvious that fifty years ago (1969), feminism had not yet penetrated Mir's Latin American Marxism and there are elements of the patriarchal, indeed of the religiously Catholic in Mir's insistence that the chief purpose of love is procreation. What Mir triumphantly gives us, though, is a celebration of the carnality of love and the sheer joy of sex as the biological gift that (perhaps) ensures our continuance as a human species.With an introduction by Silvio Torres-Saillant.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In following up his translation of Contracanto a Walt Whitman / Countersong to Walt Whitman, the publication of Jonathan Cohens translation of Poemas de buen amor. y a veces de fantasia, by the great national poet of the Dominican Republic, and an unquestionably major Caribbean poet, Pedro Mir, shows another side entirely of Mirs work: intensely political in the Countersong, sensual and erotic in Poems of Good Love. There is a challenge that the translator rises to in making English language poems that are truthful to the deliberately opaquer language of this collection in comparison to the communicative clarity of Mirs more overtly political collections. Here, Mir sets himself the task of writing about love in a way that is truthful to the Marxist historical materialism he embraced, in contrast to what he saw as the conventions of love poetry where love is seen as some kind of disembodied spiritual experience. As the introduction by Silvio Torres-Saillant makes clear, there were negatives as well as positives that followed from the task Mir set himself. It is obvious that fifty years ago (1969), feminism had not yet penetrated Mirs Latin American Marxism and there are elements of the patriarchal, indeed of the religiously Catholic in Mirs insistence that the chief purpose of love is procreation. What Mir triumphantly gives us, though, is a celebration of the carnality of love and the sheer joy of sex as the biological gift that (perhaps) ensures our continuance as a human species.With an introduction by Silvio Torres-Saillant The publication of Jonathan Cohen's translation of Poemas de buen amor. y a veces de fantasia, by the great national poet of the Dominican Republic, and an unquestionably major Caribbean poet, Pedro Mir, shows another side entirely of Mir's work: the sensual and erotic. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: New. First published by Azul Editions in 1993, Countersong to Walt Whitman and Other Poems is the only book-length collection of Mir's poetry in English translation. The eight poems selected include several of his signature pieces from the late 1940s through the 1970s: "Countersong to Walt Whitman"; "There Is a Country in the World"; "If Somebody Wants to Know Which Is My Country"; "To the Battleship Intrepid"; "Not One Step Back"; "Amen to Butterflies"; "Concerto of Hope for the Left Hand"; "Meditation on the Shores of Evening." The introduction by Silvio Torres-Saillant, author of Caribbean Poetics (Peepal Tree Press), and foreword by Jean Franco, author of Cruel Modernity (Duke University Press), enable a broader appreciation for the personal context and general impact of Mir's work. A selected bibliography of works by and about the poet, including an accounting of the prose he has published as a novelist, author of short stories, essayist, and historian, provides readers with ample resources for further appreciation of Mir's achievement. In his introduction, Torres-Saillant emphasizes: "The present bilingual edition. will give both Spanish- and English-speaking readers. the opportunity to recognize themselves in the poetic visage of one of the most authentic literary artists to have come from the Caribbean." About the first publication, Roberto Márquez stated in the Village Voice: "The publication, in bilingual format, of this first book-length anthology of work by the Dominican Republic's internationally acclaimed and locally celebrated National Poet is an event-long anticipated, too long delayed. Colleague, contemporary, and the equal in lyric vitality, epic ambition, and communal significance to Pablo Neruda or Nicolás Guillén, Mir remains, with Martinique's Aimé Césaire, perhaps the most masterfully elegant and majestic among the living voices of a generation that boasts more than its share of world-class poets. [Mir's] poetry achieves a rare, exceptionally felicitous marriage of poetry and politics, of individual sensibility and the chronicling of quotidian collective drama, the still unfulfilled promise of Latin America, its landscape, peoples, and societies.".

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. First published by Azul Editions in 1993, Countersong to Walt Whitman and Other Poems is the only book-length collection of Mir's poetry in English translation. The eight poems selected include several of his signature pieces from the late 1940s through the 1970s: Countersong to Walt Whitman; There Is a Country in the World; If Somebody Wants to Know Which Is My Country; To the Battleship Intrepid; Not One Step Back; Amen to Butterflies; Concerto of Hope for the Left Hand; Meditation on the Shores of Evening. The introduction by Silvio Torres-Saillant, author of Caribbean Poetics (Peepal Tree Press), and foreword by Jean Franco, author of Cruel Modernity (Duke University Press), enable a broader appreciation for the personal context and general impact of Mir's work. A selected bibliography of works by and about the poet, including an accounting of the prose he has published as a novelist, author of short stories, essayist, and historian, provides readers with ample resources for further appreciation of Mir's achievement. In his introduction, Torres-Saillant emphasizes: The present bilingual edition. will give both Spanish- and English-speaking readers. the opportunity to recognize themselves in the poetic visage of one of the most authentic literary artists to have come from the Caribbean. About the first publication, Roberto Marquez stated in the Village Voice: The publication, in bilingual format, of this first book-length anthology of work by the Dominican Republic's internationally acclaimed and locally celebrated National Poet is an eventlong anticipated, too long delayed. Colleague, contemporary, and the equal in lyric vitality, epic ambition, and communal significance to Pablo Neruda or Nicolas Guillen, Mir remains, with Martinique's Aime Cesaire, perhaps the most masterfully elegant and majestic among the living voices of a generation that boasts more than its share of world-class poets. [Mir's] poetry achieves a rare, exceptionally felicitous marriage of poetry and politics, of individual sensibility and the chronicling of quotidian collective drama, the still unfulfilled promise of Latin America, its landscape, peoples, and societies. Mir's poetry achieves a rare, exceptionally felicitous marriage of poetry and politics, of individual sensibility and the chronicling of quotidian collective drama, the still unfulfilled promise of Latin America, its landscape, peoples, and societies. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Condition: Muy bueno. : Sumérgete en la profundidad de las emociones y la belleza del lenguaje con 'Poemas' de Pedro Mir. Esta colección, publicada por Ediciones de la Discreta en 2009, reúne una selección de versos que exploran la condición humana, el amor y la vida cotidiana con una sensibilidad única. Descubre la voz poética de uno de los autores más destacados de la literatura en español. EAN: 9788496322318 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Poemas Autor: Pedro Mir Editorial: Ediciones de la Discreta Idioma: es-ES Páginas: 203 Formato: tapa blanda.

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