by Luis de Góngora y Argote · FisicalBook · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498150186
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«Soledades y otros poemas» is a poetry collection by Luis de Góngora y Argote, published by FisicalBook in paperback (237 pages, in Spanish).
The book brings together the two major poems of Luis de Góngora. «Soledades», inspired by an episode of the Odyssey, follows a young shipwrecked man taken in by goatherds; «La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea» narrates the Cyclops's love for the nymph. Written in silvas and royal octaves, their obscure language caused scandal in their time.
Published in 2004; belongs to the Clásicos Españoles collection, no. 11.
For readers of classical Spanish poetry who want to discover Góngora's poetic output.
Luis de Góngora y Argote was a Spanish Baroque lyric poet and a Catholic priest at Córdoba Cathedral. Góngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo, are widely considered the most prominent Spanish poets of all time. His style is characterized by what was called culteranismo, also known as Gongorismo. This style apparently existed in stark contrast to Quevedo's conceptismo, though Quevedo was highly influenced by his older rival from whom he may have isolated "conceptismo" elements.
