by Antonio Machado · Bibliotex · tapa dura · ISBN 8423793992345
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«Juan de Mairena» is a philosophical and literary work by Antonio Machado, published by Bibliotex in hardcover (127 pages, in Spanish).
The work is structured around the figure of Juan de Mairena, a teacher of gymnastics, Latin, rhetoric and poetics, through whom Machado presents reflections and dialogues on education, society, politics and culture. The tone combines irony and a critical outlook, and the texts range from brief reflection to conversation.
The work was originally published in 1936.
For readers of Spanish literature and philosophy seeking a work with critical reflection on education and society.
Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz, simply known as Antonio Machado, was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98. His work, initially modernist, evolved towards an intimate form of symbolism with romantic traits. He gradually developed a style characterised by both an engagement with humanity on one side and an almost Taoist contemplation of existence on the other, a synthesis that, according to Machado, echoed the most ancient popular wisdom. In Gerardo Diego's words, Machado "spoke in verse and lived in poetry."
