Salvador Jimenez Fajardo Libros

These illuminating essays generally follow the chronology of the twentieth-century Spanish poet Luis Cernudas creative life, beginning with the poets early surrealist collections and encompassing his last volume of verse, Desolacion de la quimera (The disconsolate chimera). The select bibliography includes all significant items of Cernuda criticism of the past forty years.

Eminently user-friendly, this book is already in its fourth printing. Chapters include an average of 60 explanatory footnotes in modern Spanish, clarifying socio-historical, literary, mythological, and biblical allusions. Up to three synonyms are offered in modern Spanish for difficult vocabulary (e.g., pergenio: traza, disposicion, apariencia), on the premise that the student will recognize at least