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The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracleby Christopher Maurer , Baltasar GracianISBN 0385421311 (0-385-42131-1)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Collected Poemsby Federico Garcia Lorca, Christopher Maurer , Catherine BrownISBN 0374526915 (0-374-52691-5)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Collected Poems: A Bilingual Editionby Federico García Lorca, Christopher MaurerISBN 0374126151 (0-374-12615-1)
Hardcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Collected Poems: A Bilingual Edition'Book summary:Long regarded as one of the premier Spanish modernists, Federico García Lorca's newly revised Collected Poems is a welcome contribution to this outstanding poet's prolific body of work. This bilingual edition includes many recently discovered poems and revised translations, updating the completeness of the verse produced by Lorca during his short life (he died at 38). Lorca's poetry is quirky, playful, not only filled with orange groves and olive trees, but a strange, physical world where a river has "garnet whiskers" or there exists a "recumbent sky" or "mummified ocean." Lorca wrote love poems, though we can never be sure what exactly is desired. His poetry isn't abstract, but the images are sometimes a bit out of reach--if anything, he tried to give the abstract a physical presence. For example, a lovers' exchange is given dimension in "The Poet Tells the Truth": "Let the skein never end / of I love you you love me, ever burnt / with decrepit sun and old moon." What Lorca wrote of a friend gored by a bull in "Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías" seems applicable to his poetry generally: "I sing of his elegance in words that moan / and I remember a sad breeze in the olive grove." Collected Poems is an important addition to any poetry collection, especially for those unfamiliar with Lorca or those who wish to read the poems in their original Spanish. --Michael Ferch [via]
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The Complete Perfectionist: A Poetics of Workby Christopher Maurer , Juan Ramon JimenezISBN 0385480229 (0-385-48022-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Deep Song: And Other Proseby Federico García Lorca, Christopher MaurerISBN 0714527238 (0-7145-2723-8)
Hardcover, Boyars Publishers, Ltd., Marion
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Dreaming in Clay on the Coast of Mississippiby Maria Estrella Iglesias, Christopher MaurerISBN 0385490631 (0-385-49063-1)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dreaming in Clay on the Coast of Mississippi'Book summary:An intimate family memoir about the power of love in the face of adversity: the passionate pursuit of art-and the brave art of living simply-by four generations of a fiercely independent Southern family.
Almost a century ago, a New Orleans society woman vowed that her three sons would become artists. Turning her back on bourgeois life and abetted by her skeptical husband-a grain merchant-she bought twenty-eight acres of woodland on the Mississippi Sound. Beside a sleepy bayou, in the shade of towering pines and magnolias, she opened an art colony, one of the first of its kind in the South.
Her passion for art pulled the family through the hard times of the Depression and endured into the present. Her oldest son, Peter Anderson, founded Shearwater Pottery and, yearning "to make Shearwater synonymous with perfection," drew the entire family into his adventure. His brothers, "Mac" and Walter, made strange, wonderful pieces, though Walter Anderson eventually left his wife, his children, and the pottery to search for his own Nirvana and to capture, in writing and in watercolors, the wildlife of the Mississippi Coast.
Drawn by the exquisite work of Shearwater Pottery, the authors discover that painting, poetry, and storytelling-much of it by strong, unforgettable women-are still an essential part of the family's daily life. Intimate diaries, letters, and poems lead the reader into a stormy, passionate, sometimes heartbreaking past. Meticulously researched and compassionately written, Dreaming in Clay gathers one family's eternal legacy of wisdom and beauty: the healing power of art, the consolations of writing and of memory, and the spiritual treasures given to us-if we care to receive them-by the natural world. [via]More editions of Dreaming in Clay on the Coast of Mississippi:
The House of Bernarda Alba and Other Plays : Blood Wedding, Yerma, the House of Bernarda Albaby Federico García Lorca, Michael Dewell, Carmen Zapata, Christopher MaurerISBN 0141185759 (0-14-118575-9)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited
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A Pocket Mirror for Heroes: By the New York Times Bestselling Author of the Art of Worldly Wisdomby Christopher Maurer , Balthasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracian Y MoralesISBN 0385480210 (0-385-48021-0)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Pocket Mirror of Heroesby Christopher MaurerISBN 0385503148 (0-385-50314-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Poet in New Yorkby Federico García Lorca, Christopher Maurer , Greg Simon, Steven F. WhiteISBN 0141185821 (0-14-118582-1)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited
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Poet in New York/ Poeta en Nueva Yorkby Federico García Lorca, Christopher Maurer , Greg Simon, Steven F. WhiteISBN 0374520836 (0-374-52083-6)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Poetical Works of Federico Garcia Lorcaby Federico Garcia Lorca, Christopher MaurerISBN 0374235392 (0-374-23539-2)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus Giroux
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Selected Verseby Federico Garcia Lorca, Catherine Brown, Christopher Maurer , Jerome Rothenberg, Galway Kinnell, Greg Simon, Cola Franzen, Will Kirkland, Angela JaffrayISBN 0374528551 (0-374-52855-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Selected Verse'Book summary:The work of Federico Garcia Lorca, Spain's greatest modern poet, has long been admired for its emotional intensity and metaphorical brilliance. Few poets take us more directly and memorably to what Lorca described as "the dark root of the scream," the terrain of the duende, where inspiration delivers a new poetic reality and "intelligence" discovers its limitations.[via]
For many years, until the recent publication of FSG's Collected Poems, English readers' view of Lorca has been determined by a few well-known books-The Divan at Tamarit, Poet in New York, The Gypsy Ballads-and by a lamentably small number of poems. Now this Selected Verse, the most complete paperback anthology available in English, draws on FSG's two-volume Poetical Works, providing authoritative versions by outstanding poets and translators: Francisco Aragon, Catherine Brown, Cola Franzen, Will Kirkland, William Bryant Logan, Jerome Rothernberge, Greg Simon, Alan S. Trueblood, John K. Walsh, and Steven F. White. In this bilingual edition, Lorca's poetic range comes clearly into view, from the playful Suites and stylized evocations of Andalusia to the utter gravity and mystery of the final elegies, confirming his stature as one of our century's finest poets.-
Temas: Invitacion a LA Literature Hispanicaby Christopher Maurer , Maria Estrella IglesiasISBN 039553688X (0-395-53688-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Temas: Invitacion a LA Literature Hispanica'Book summary:Spanning the fifteenth century to the present, this anthology features a thematic approach to the study of literature. The text includes 78 works from Spain and Latin America, and it incorporates all major genres, except the novel. Each reading is supported by a brief biographical note on the author, comprehension questions, and topics for discussion or composition. End-of-unit sections synthesize the unit theme through comparative analysis of specific works. [via]
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Three Plays: Blood Wedding/Yerma/the House of Bernarda Albaby Christopher Maurer , Maria Estrella IglesiasISBN 0374523320 (0-374-52332-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Three Plays: Blood Wedding/Yerma/the House of Bernarda Alba'Book summary:In these three plays, García Lorca's acknowledged masterpieces, he searched for a contemporary mode of tragedy and reminded his audience that dramatic poetry-or poetic drama-depends less on formal convention that on an elemental, radical outlook on human life. His images are beautiful and exact, but until now no translator had ever been able to make his characters speak unaffectedly on the American stage. Michael Dewell of the National Repertory Theatre and Carmen Zapata of the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts have created these versions expressly for the stage. The result, both performable and readable, has been thoroughly revised for this edition, which is introduced by Christopher Maurer, general editor of the Complete Poetical Works of García Lorca.[via]More editions of Three Plays: Blood Wedding/Yerma/the House of Bernarda Alba:
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