Manuel Machado: A Revaluation - Softcover

Brotherston, Gordon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521148197 ISBN 13: 9780521148191

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

A biographical and critical study of the Spanish poet Manuel Machado (1874–1947), who was highly thought of in his lifetime but who, since his death, declined in popularity. His brother, Antonio, whom he once overshadowed, became more widely read. The first half of the book is biographical, setting Machado against the general literary background in Spain, and estimating his debt to French influence. Dr Brotherston deals in some detail with the Modernista movement, so that the study is almost an account of Spanish literary life of the time. The second half of the book is critical; Dr Brotherston wishes to show the fine quality of certain poems, and to affirm Machado's real importance and distinction. The generous bibliography will be useful to readers closely concerned with Machado and his period.

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Book Description

A biographical and critical study of the Spanish poet Manuel Machado (1874–1947). The first half of the book is biographical and the second is critical; Dr Brotherston wishes to show the fine quality of certain poems, and to affirm Machado's real importance and distinction.

About the Author

Edward Dorn is a professor in the Creative Writing/English department at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has been the recipient of a Fullbright Lectureship at the University of Essex, a D.H. Lawrence Fellowship, an American Book Award, and an American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Gordon Brotherston is a research professor at the University of Essex and Professor at Indiana University, Bloomington. He helped to set up the Latin American program at the University of Essex in 1965 and has devoted his interest to the indigenous cultures which flourished for thousands of years before Columbus. He has been awarded fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, the British Academy, and the Guggenheim Foundation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521148197
• ISBN 13: 9780521148191
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172