Selected Poems of Garcilaso de la Vega

A Bilingual Edition
Garcilaso de la Vega (ca 1501-36) was a Castilian nobleman at the court of Charles V. As the first poet to make the Italian Renaissance lyric style at home in Spanish, he is credited with beginning the golden age of Spanish poetry. This title can help to explain to the English-speaking public this poet's preeminence.
Garcilaso de la Vega (ca. 1501-36), a Castilian nobleman and soldier at the court of Charles V, lived a short but glamorous life. As the first poet to make the Italian Renaissance lyric style at home in Spanish, he is credited with beginning the golden age of Spanish poetry. Known for his sonnets and pastorals, gracefully depicting beauty and love while soberly accepting their passing, he is shown here also as a calm student of love's psychology and a critic of the savagery of war. This bilingual volume is the first in nearly two hundred years to fully represent Garcilaso for an Anglophone readership. In facing-page translations that capture the music and skill of Garcilaso's verse, John-Dent Young presents the sonnets, songs, elegies, and eclogues that came to influence generations of poets, including San Juan de la Cruz, Luis de Leon, Cervantes, and Gongora. "The Selected Poems of Garcilaso de la Vega" will help to explain to the English-speaking public this poet's preeminence in the pantheon of Spanish letters.

Translator: John Dent-Young

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