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This is a representative anthology of the verse of Jorge Guilln by noted translator Carl Cobb. Guilln used a wide variety of poetic forms, including traditional forms with rhyme and assonance, blank and unrhymed verse, and free verse. In a time of poets generally lost in the hell-hole of consciousness, Guilln set out to create a positive world of normal living, using a positive and courageous voice. In choosing the poems for this massive two-volume work, Dr. Cobb first respected the poet’s own mature choices by translating all the poems he chose for his own Mis Mejores poesis, a limited selection of the ‘best’ of his poetry. He has also translated all of his poems which have become anthology pieces, as well as choosing representative selections from Canticle, Clamor and Homage. Finally, he has translated a generous number of his dcimas (a form he made his), a number of sections of his “Clovers” (a form he invented), and many sonnets. The result is a definitive representation of one of Spain’s great poets of the 2oth century. Other Poetry-Poems Books 1992 – Delayed Answers 1999 – Promised Land/tierra De Promisin 2003 – An Anthology of the Spanish Sonnet in English Verse Translation, Volume Three: 1909-1958
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