by Luis García Montero · Debate Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483062579
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«El sexto día: historia íntima de la poesía española» is the literary essay by Luis García Montero, published by Debate Editorial in paperback (285 pages, in Spanish).
Starting from commentaries on nine poems by as many Spanish poets, from Gonzalo de Berceo to Luis Cernuda, the author traces a journey through Spanish poetry with a close, rigorous and accessible tone. The book explores the construction of the self and how human beings have understood their own individual identity throughout literary history.
The book's subtitle is «historia íntima de la poesía española». The edition is paperback, published in 2000 by Debate Editorial, with 285 pages and text in Spanish.
It is aimed at readers interested in Spanish poetry and in essays that combine literary criticism with a personal view of tradition.
Luis García Montero is a Spanish poet, literary critic and academic. He is a professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Granada and since 2018 director of the Instituto Cervantes.
