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La presente Antologia poetica refleja, a la vez, la unidad y la variedad de la amplia y compleja obra de Juan Ramon Jimenez (1881-1958), Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1956, cuyo magisterio en la literatura espanola se extiende desde los anos veinte hasta hoy. Ya en sus primeros libros quedan patentes la emocion, la intensidad y la pureza que preludian la etapa que se inicia en 1916 con «Diario de un poeta recien casado», de rigor extremado y de gran densidad conceptual, y que desembocara, despues de la guerra, en una poesia de gran fuerza simbolica, marcada por un vehemente afan de trascendencia y de penetrar en la verdad ultima de las cosas. Responsable de la seleccion y del prologo, Antonio Colinas ha ordenado cronologicamente las muestras mas representativas de los libros que el poeta publico o dejo ineditos: Aparente o subterraneo, siempre hay en los textos aqui recogidos un mismo espiritu. Es, precisamente este espiritu el que hemos intentado expresar con nuestra seleccion. ... Read more

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“The development of my poetry has been and is the development of an encounter with an idea about God,” the great Spanish poet and Nobel Prize winner Juan Ramón Jiménez wrote several years before his death. An early twentieth-century pioneer in the use of free verse, Jiménez has always expressed himself through mystery and profundity. The author presents a fervent landscape of primordial imagery in an attempt to restore mystical poetry to its rightful place in literature and art.

For anyone not familiar with the writings of this modern master, these austere and radiant poems, translated by the poet and scholar Antonio de Nicolás and presented alongside the original Spanish, will demonstrate why Jiménez is considered one of the masters of twentieth-century poetry.

“To what may this writing be compared? Whitman's 'Song of Myself' comes to mind, but it is not with any intention of taking away from Whitman's achievement that I declare a preference for the poetry of Juan Ramón Jiménez ...” —Louis Simpson, from the Introduction ... Read more

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Why not a bilingual text?
The possibility of judging the success of a translation hinges on having the original texts side by side the translated ones. Furthermore, in poetry translations that success depends greatly on whether or not the translator is a poet in both languages, otherwise the poetic essence of the texts will not be captured in either language. Unfortunately, no indication of the background of Mr. Hays is given in the back cover, but it is clear that in his English version that he misses the music, the rythm and the fine pictorial elements of the writings of the Spanish master, which are present in the Spanish, whether verse of prose. The selection of the works of Juan Ramón is excellent, and a tribute to the literary knowledge of Mr. Hays, but here again, since these texts have not appeared together in Spanish or in English, his literary wisdom would have been confirmed by a bilingual text, and thus would have been a much better introduction of Jimenez to the American public. Because of these serious lacks, the present work misses its mark almost completely though it leaves the door open for a bilingual text.
Angel Medina ... Read more

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Written while in exile in the United States, “Time” and “Space” were originally intended to appear together in a single volume. Not until 1986, however, did they appear so in Spanish— and not until 1988 were they published together in English. By presenting them together, Jiménez had wanted them to convey the same continuity of emotion, the same philosophical intensity, that he had experienced while writing them. “All My Life,” he wrote in his introduction, “I have toyed with the idea of writing a continuous poem...with no concrete theme, sustained only by its own surprise, its rhythm, its discoveries, its light, its successive joys; that is, its intrinsic elements, its essence.” That continuous poem is Time and Space the last book Jiménez wrote. Presented here in a bilingual edition, Time and Space will take readers of both English and Spanish on the longest and most sustained ride on the crest of poetry they will ever enjoy.

“The greatest poem in this Century...” —Octavio Paz

Antonio T. de Nicolás, translator and editor of Time and Space is also widely known for his highly acclaimed translation of the Juan Ramón Jiménez classic, Platero and I, as well as many other works in Spanish. His first book of poetry, Remembering the God to Come, is also being published by iUniverse.com. ... Read more

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No better long poem in the 20th Century!
Octavio Paz, another Noble Prize Winner called this poem:
" The greatest poem of this Century (20th)..." ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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sencillez y belleza
Platero y yo es un libro tierno y sencillo que cuenta la relacion de un borrico y su amo. Yo lo recomiendo a todo aquel que quiera aprender espanol con esta pequena historia llena de poesia. ... Read more

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The Missing Link
Like almost everyone else in the US, I think of Jimenez as the author of those charming children's stories, Platero y yo.So, when the translator, Hugh Harter, gave me a copy of his new book, my mind immediately went to what a skilled children's author could make from the situation described in the title.I was very wrong.

I have discovered something truly wonderful in Jimenez.At the risk of overstating, I saw three different rivers come together in this work: the German Romantics, the French symbolists, and the America of Whitman (the three-themed unity of "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd") and the Dickinson of the sparkling shards of thoughts and phrases (each of which he read in the original -- ah! for the days of a good old fashioned education!).And I saw the scene set for the surrealists.Suddenly, the lineage made perfect sense and the 'missing link' was this Spanish poet I'd written off, thanks to some skilled misrepresentation on the part of my high school Spanish teachers.

The book itself is exceptionally beautiful.The facing-page translations allow for grazing right and left, well laid out with plenty of negative space.I could never let myself buy a $60 book for myelf; but I'd certainly buy it for special friends.And this book is definitely special enough to qualify. ... Read more