by Luis de Góngora y Argote · Castalia · tapa dura · ISBN 9788470399220
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«Letrillas» is the poetry book by Luis de Góngora y Argote, published by Castalia in hardcover (301 pages, in Spanish).
Brief poetic compositions of popular origin, typical of the Spanish Golden Age, with refrain and short meter. In them Góngora shows his mastery of wordplay, irony and musicality, in tones ranging from amorous to burlesque. The volume allows one to appreciate the variety of tones and registers of the genre.
Edition, introduction and notes by Robert Jammes, in the Biblioteca Clásica Castalia collection.
Suitable for students, academics and readers wishing to approach the short poetry of the Spanish Golden Age.
Luis de Góngora y Argote was a Spanish Baroque lyric poet and a Catholic priest at Córdoba Cathedral. Góngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo, are widely considered the most prominent Spanish poets of all time. His style is characterized by what was called culteranismo, also known as Gongorismo. This style apparently existed in stark contrast to Quevedo's conceptismo, though Quevedo was highly influenced by his older rival from whom he may have isolated "conceptismo" elements.
