Here, at last, some responsibly made material for a general audience. I do not think there is new information here, but it is a decent discussion. At the end of block 5 there is a photograph I had never seen, taken right before his death. He is incredibly skinny that day. Earlier, there is another … More Ricardo González Vigil, and others, on Vallejo … and Arguedas, singing!
I have not read the latest quasi-biography of Vallejo (that I know of offhand) and I should. It is short and by Silva-Santisteban, and it is from 2010, and it accompanied an exposition. I have said this before but someone should write a serious biography of this poet, because things just do not add up … More César Vallejo
Suicide note, via Clarissa. He sounds like a great person. That was a post from January 10, 2011 and I am moving it here and adding to it for the upcoming anniversary since this is a very interesting case. Zeller speaks of “the darkness” and his is very serious but I know in a smaller … More Bill Zeller, and those Andeans
In a true Danish Christmas there would be Lutheran Mass but we went to a Catholic one. It was very beautiful, the full ceremony with costumes and processions that I tend to forget are done now and not only in the late Middle Ages. These things were remarkable as well as inspiring and uplifting. Without … More Rhyme of the Norn Guest
It is now winter, that beautiful season of cold and growing light. The Sun has moved into Capricorn, the best sign. To celebrate winter we will look at the fountain of Cibeles in Madrid, with snow, and the stela of 18 Rabbit, our ruler at Copán. Sur le Noël, morte saison Lorsque les loups vivent … More Winter
Ode on Melancholy NO, no! go not to Lethe, neither twist Wolf’s-bane, tight-rooted, for its poisonous wine; Nor suffer thy pale forehead to be kist By nightshade, ruby grape of Proserpine; Make not your rosary of yew-berries, 5 Nor let the beetle, nor the death-moth be Your mournful Psyche, nor the downy owl A partner … More Keats
Look at it. Arnaud Daniel, and there is a translation. Pus Raimons e Truc Malecx chapten n’Enan e sos decx, e ieu serai vielhs e senecx ans que m’acort in aital precx don puesca venir tan grans pecx: al cornar l’agra mestiers becx ab que traisses del corn lo grecx; e pueis pogra leu venir … More Was this the inspiration for Mallarmé’s sonnet in -x?
‘Tis the year’s midnight, and it is the day’s, Lucy’s, who scarce seven hours herself unmasks; The sun is spent, and now his flasks Send forth light squibs, no constant rays; The world’s whole sap is sunk; The general balm th’ hydroptic earth hath drunk, Whither, as to the bed’s feet, life is shrunk, Dead … More A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy’s Day
Invierte el sufrimiento posiciones, da función en que el humor acuoso es vertical al pavimento, el ojo es visto y esta oreja oída So, unfortunately pain grows in the world at all times, it grows at thirty minutes per second, step by step, and the nature of pain is twice the pain, and the condition … More The nine monsters
Here is a reading list for students considering graduate work in Spanish. Here is my list for students considering Latin American literature as a secondary field for the Ph.D in another literature. Like the SMT list, it is not a reading list for the actual examination, but a preliminary list. * Here is an ancient … More Reading lists
