by Jacint Verdaguer · Ed. Selecta-Catalònia · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429804362
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«L'Atlàntida» is the epic poem by Jacint Verdaguer, published by Ed. Selecta-Catalònia in paperback (193 pages, in Catalan).
The poem narrates the adventures of Hercules across Iberia, the sinking of Atlantis and the creation of the Mediterranean Sea. In the introduction, a young Columbus, after a shipwreck, reaches the peninsular coasts and a hermit tells him of the fall of the continent; the conclusion anticipates the discovery of America.
The poem was originally published in 1877 and consists of ten cantos, an introduction and a conclusion. This edition belongs to the Biblioteca Selecta collection.
For readers interested in epic poetry and classical Catalan literature.
Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló was a Spanish writer and priest, regarded as one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature and a prominent literary figure of the Renaixença, a cultural revival movement of the late Romantic era. The bishop Josep Torras i Bages, one of the main figures of Catalan nationalism, called him the "Prince of Catalan poets". He was also known as mossèn (Father) Cinto Verdaguer, because of his career as a priest, and informally also simply "mossèn Cinto".
