Contemporary Costa Rican Poetry - Softcover

Monge, Carlos F.; Drescher, Victor S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9968986348 ISBN 13: 9789968986342

Publisher: Escuela de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje, 2012

Synopsis

This is the first Spanish/English bilingual anthology of contemporary Costa Rican poetry ever published. It contains a careful selection of poetry published since 1990, and includes Costa Rica’s finest poets and most representative current trends. Although not well known outside Costa Rica, this is outstanding poetry due not only to its thematic and stylistic variety, but also to its integration of the main tendencies of contemporary Spanish-language poetry. Victor S. Drescher’s painstaking work translating the cultural, linguistic and stylistic features of the originals has made it possible for the English reader to recreate the essential aspects of the world-view that these poems reflect and represent. This anthology makes a substantial contribution to the world of letters by enabling English readers to become familiar with a representative sample of Costa Rican poetry in particular, and with Latin American poetry in general.

Edition details

• Publisher: Escuela de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9968986348
• ISBN 13: 9789968986342
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160