Versos Sencillos: A Dual-language Edition (Spanish Edition)

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x201C;One of the best works of translation...of Cubax2019;s most universal and most-admired hero.x201D;x2014;Hispania In 1890, the great Cuban revolutionary leader JosxE9; MartxED; wrote his most famous poetry, Versos Sencillos, in a small town called Haines Falls in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Sincere and intensely personal in tone, these verses form a unique autobiographical expression yet have world-wide appeal. This dual-language edition of Versos Sencillos offers both the Spanish-language original and a graceful English translation of each poem in the collection. The translation follows the original rhyme scheme where feasible but deliberately chooses meaning over form, staying true to mood and method. In addition to notes on the poems, this edition also includes the particulars of translation and provides a background for the composition of the verses, features lacking in earlier translations. An index of first lines, both English and Spanish, is included.

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Translator Anne Fountain is coordinator of Latin American Studies at San JosxE9; State University in San JosxE9;, California.