The renowned Mexican poet and critic Octavio Paz assembled this
important anthology--the first of its kind in English
translation--with a keen sense of what is both representative and
universal in Mexican poetry. His informative introduction places
the thirty-five selected poets within a literary and historical
context that spans four centuries (1521-1910). This accomplished
translation is the work of the young Samuel Beckett, just out of
Trinity College, who had been awarded a grant by UNESCO to
collaborate with Paz on the project.
Notable among the writers who appear in this anthology are Bernardo
de Balbuena (1561-1627), a master of the baroque period who
celebrated the exuberant atmosphere and wealth of the New World;
Juan Ruiz de Alarcon (1581?-1639), who became one of Spain's great
playwrights; and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (1651-1695), the
beautiful nun whose passionate lyric poetry, written within her
convent's walls, has made her, three hundred years later, a
proto-feminist literary heroine.
This is a major collection of Mexican poetry from its beginnings
until the modern period, compiled and translated by two giants of
world literature.
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