{"product_id":"9780802151865","title":"Mexican Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotable 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 Ruíz de Alarcón (1581δ-1639), who became one of Spain’s great playwrights; and Sor Juana Inés 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a major collection of Mexican poetry from its beginnings until the modern period, compiled and translated by two giants of world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007668011248,"sku":"9780802151865","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802151865_p0.jpg?v=1769907090","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802151865","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}