by Jacint Verdaguer · La Gaya Ciència · ISBN 9788470802744
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«Canigó» is the epic poem by Jacint Verdaguer, published by La Gaya Ciència in 1984 (157 pages, in Catalan).
The poem follows the knight Gentil through the Canigó massif, where the natural world of the Pyrenees, popular mythology and Christian faith intertwine. Verdaguer evokes the legendary and historical past of Catalonia, turned into a symbol of the Renaixença, with a style of great lyrical and narrative intensity.
The poem, originally published in 1886, appears here in the Catalan edition of 1984.
For readers of Catalan literature and epic poetry, especially those studying the Renaixença and the work of Verdaguer.
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".
