by Pedro Salinas · Seix Barral · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788432238192
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«Jorge Manrique o tradición y originalidad» is the essay by Pedro Salinas, published by Seix Barral in paperback (218 pages, in Spanish).
Pedro Salinas analyzes the poetry of Jorge Manrique and relates it to that of the poets of his time, dwelling on how tradition becomes original expression. The essay pays special attention to the human life cycle: the transience of life, memory and death.
The volume belongs to the Biblioteca Breve de Bolsillo collection, major series, number 19, and includes an index for easy reference.
It will interest readers of Spanish literature and those studying 15th-century poetry.
Pedro Salinas y Serrano was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, as well as a university teacher, scholar and literary critic. In 1937, he delivered the Turnbull lectures at Johns Hopkins University. These were later published under the title Reality and the Poet in Spanish Poetry.
