Versos Conversos

Más de ciento cincuenta poemas, pertenecientes a medio centenar de destacados autores del siglo XX, aparecen agrupados en esta antología titulada con un verso de Alonso de Ledesma. Están ordenados en trece capítulos o apartados que, en mayor o menor medida, se corresponden con las plásticas escenas del nacimiento de Jesús recogidas en las páginas de los evangelios. Nuestros poetas actuales son los dignos herederos de aquellos clásicos que también cantaron con acierto y delicadeza al nacimiento del Hijo de Dios: el anónimo autor del Auto de los Reyes Magos, Gómez Manrique, Juan...

"An analysis of Eros as the basic element underlying the direction of the poet's work : his desire for transcendence and artistic perfection. Supported mainly by a culturally and psychoanalytically oriented methodology, it is a systematic study of the evolution of the theme, particularly of erotic imagery and symbolism, across the entire poetic corpus"--Publisher.

Francisco Bustos eloquently writes of Colonia Ruiz Cortinez and Barrio San Ysidro, waiting in la linea to be scrutinized by U.S. Customs officials, and of the bi-national journey of living both in the United States and Mxico. His melodic tone defies the fast-paced world of schedules, while being actively engaged in the moment, and then fleeting down another street to encounter another tale. As es la vida qu no?, Bustos says, As es. Michael Cheno Wickert focuses mainly on living in the barrios of Southeast San Diego where life often turns toward violence and suspicion is commonplace. It is a...

Couplets on the death of his father is the masterpiece of Jorge Manrique and has made him one of the essential authors of Spanish poetry. Conceived as an elegy, medieval elements are combined with others that announce the emerging Renaissance. And, what is most significant, they are a celebration of life amidst the Quattrocento tradition of death.