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By Word of Mouth: Poems from the Spanish, 1916-1959

By Word of Mouth: Poems from the Spanish, 1916-1959
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The first collection of translations of Spanish and Latin American poetry by William Carlos Williams, containing many previously unknown poems.
William Carlos Williams (1883â€“1963) produced a startling number of translations of both Spanish and Latin American poetry starting during WWI and continuing through the late fifties. Williams grew up in a Spanish-speaking home and sometimes described himself as half-Spanish. His mother was Puerto Rican and his father spoke Spanish fluently. â€œSpanish is not, in the sense to which I refer, a literary language,â€ Williams wrote in his Autobiography. â€œIt has a place of its own, an independent place very sympathetic to the New World.â€

Williams approached translation as a way not only to present the work of unknown Spanish poets, but also to extend the range and capacity of American poetry, to use language â€œwith unlimited freshness.â€ Included in this bilingual edition are beautifully rendered translations of poets well-known â€” Neruda, Paz, and Parra â€” and lesser-known: Rafael AreÂ´valo MartiÂ´nez (from Guatemala), Rafael BeltraÂ´n Logron~o (from Spain), and Eunice Odio (from Costa Rica).
Country USA
Brand New Directions
Manufacturer New Directions
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber facsim.
ReleaseDate 2011-10-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780811218856

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