by Antonio Machado · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420649849
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Juan de Mairena is a work by the Spanish writer Antonio Machado, published in 1936. It is presented as a collection of sentences, reflections and notes attributed to an apocryphal professor named Juan de Mairena. Through this character, Machado explores philosophical, moral, aesthetic and political themes, offering a critical and reflective vision of the society and culture of his time. This edition includes a prologue and notes by Pablo del Barco, as well as unpublished notes by the author.
Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz, simply known as Antonio Machado, was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98. His work, initially modernist, evolved towards an intimate form of symbolism with romantic traits. He gradually developed a style characterised by both an engagement with humanity on one side and an almost Taoist contemplation of existence on the other, a synthesis that, according to Machado, echoed the most ancient popular wisdom. In Gerardo Diego's words, Machado "spoke in verse and lived in poetry."
