tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post6764416901897526785..comments2024-01-02T15:37:04.858-05:00Comments on Caravana de recuerdos: 100+ More Reading Recommendations for Spanish Lit MonthRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-38067101341716188862012-06-30T00:59:44.413-04:002012-06-30T00:59:44.413-04:00Stu, glad to be reminded of your fondness for that...Stu, glad to be reminded of your fondness for that book. Sounds great! Finally decided on most of my first week's reading choices--just in time now that it's less than a day away, eh? Cheers, mate!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-77420687755008046552012-06-29T16:26:32.357-04:002012-06-29T16:26:32.357-04:00Great selection co host ,I would highly recommend ...Great selection co host ,I would highly recommend three trapped tigers a Wonderful book you can feel the jazz and cuban way of life slip of the page ,all the best stustujallenhttp://winstonsdad.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-18319880562583523102012-06-26T11:41:39.053-04:002012-06-26T11:41:39.053-04:00You're quite welcome, Amanda, and once again I...You're quite welcome, Amanda, and once again I'm happy to hear that this list might be of use to you! I should add that while I look at these kinds of lists fairly often (for Catalan, French and Italian reading ideas as well), I was surprised by the number of consensus choices I had never even remembered reading about. So many apparent "must-reads" out there no matter which criteria you use to find them!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-36233805097564256852012-06-26T11:34:57.973-04:002012-06-26T11:34:57.973-04:00OK, you're all signed up then, Séamus. I'...OK, you're all signed up then, Séamus. I'll let everybody else know that, thanks to you, participation in the longer event is now mandatory!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-35733348765810467142012-06-25T19:53:57.227-04:002012-06-25T19:53:57.227-04:00Thank you so much, Richard! I've dug through M...Thank you so much, Richard! I've dug through Medieval & Siglo de Oro lists, but haven't been sure where to start with 18th & 19th century lit. (It never occurred to me to find university lists online...) I will definitely be looking through this more closely.amanda @ simplerpastimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127945915013121105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-30843867032521899512012-06-25T17:12:42.814-04:002012-06-25T17:12:42.814-04:00Now we've got enough ideas for a Spanish Liter...Now we've got enough ideas for a Spanish Literature Decade!Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-32263100339462661962012-06-25T16:35:39.046-04:002012-06-25T16:35:39.046-04:00One of the many interesting things about the Lat A...One of the many interesting things about the Lat Am/Siglo de Oro divide for me is thinking about how many Spaniards and "ex-Spaniards" wrote so many of the Lat Am colonial classics and how many "Mexicans" contributed to the Siglo de Oro era poetry movements' final period of greatness--OK, only one really, Sor Juana, but what a writer to symbolize that moment when Lat Am lit could compete on an equal footing with peninsular Spanish lit. And that Gil Vicente translation title is a crack-up, isn't it? Thanks for the reminder about the Longfellow translation of Manrique, by the way--I remember you having raved about it before, but I tend to forget these things all too easily. I was rereading the Manrique in Spanish over the weekend: what a fabulous poem/poet. I should try writing about it next month.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-43400980035260263112012-06-25T16:22:38.158-04:002012-06-25T16:22:38.158-04:00You're very welcome, Caroline! Yes, lots of p...You're very welcome, Caroline! Yes, lots of plays, esp. in the Siglo de Oro section. I myself bought that <em>Burlador de Sevilla</em> play over the weekend, but I'm not sure if I'll get to it in July because I'm thinking of doing some kind of a medieval poetry project during the month instead. I'm very tempted, though, and hope the period Spanish continues to be accessible for you.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-39217816989366918432012-06-25T12:30:44.378-04:002012-06-25T12:30:44.378-04:00Fascinating for ten different reasons. A glance, ...Fascinating for ten different reasons. A glance, for example, reveals that becoming a Colonial Latin American specialist is una olla muy diferente than doing the Siglo de Oro. <br /><br />The title alone of that Gil Vicente play is a masterpiece.<br /><br />If anyone is interested in Manrique's "Coplas" in English, also a masterpiece, as good as Grossman's version is the Longfellow translation is even better - a better poem, yet quite accurate. Grossman's book is admittedly much easier to find and much better than "good enough." But Longfellow's translation may be the best thing he ever wrote.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-83792160170695593762012-06-25T07:13:00.609-04:002012-06-25T07:13:00.609-04:00Thanks, Richard for all the work. Now this one con...Thanks, Richard for all the work. Now this one contains quite a lot of plays, if I'm not msitaken.<br />I've already downloaded El burlador de Sevilla (bilingual to be on the safe side) as I have never read anything in Spanish that dated this far back. The beginning was quite accessible.Carolinehttp://beautyisasleepingcat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com