by Miguel Hernández · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437600017
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«El hombre y su poesía» is the poetry anthology by Miguel Hernández, published by Ediciones Cátedra in paperback (248 pages, in Spanish).
The volume brings together a selection of poems by Miguel Hernández and traces his creative evolution: from the formal perfection of Perito en lunas to the personal mythology of El rayo que no cesa, with tragic love, the rural world and political commitment as central themes.
Part of the Letras Hispánicas collection (no. 2), edited by Juan Cano Ballesta.
For literature students and readers interested in Spanish-language poetry.
Miguel Hernández Gilabert was a 20th-century Spanish-language poet and playwright associated with the Generation of '27 and the Generation of '36 movements. Born and raised in a family of low resources, he was self-taught in what refers to literature, and struggled against an unfavourable environment to build up his intellectual education, such as a father who physically abused him for spending time with books instead of working, and who took him out of school as soon as he finished his primary education. At school, he became a friend of Ramón Sijé, a well-educated boy who lent and recommended books to Hernández, and whose death would inspire his most famous poem, Elegy.
