Conmemoramos
los 175 anos de la primera publicacion del celebre poema El Cuervo con una
antologia bilingue de la poesia esencial de
Edgar Allan Poe.
En una fantasmagorica noche de diciembre, en un lugar
habitado solo por el silencio, el
recuerdo y el pesar, se oyen unos suaves golpes en la puerta. Solo esto y nada mas. Con esta
escena, practicamente de terror,
empieza El cuervo , el poema mas famoso de Edgar Allan Poe,
con el que se convirtio en una
celebridad en todo el pais y con el que se gano el sobrenombre de Mr. Poe el poeta. Si bien la
historia lo ha convertido en uno de
los grandes maestros del relato corto y referente inescapable de literatura
gotica y del relato detectivesco, lo cierto es que Poe tambien sentia una gran inclinacion por la
poesia, un arte que practico desde muy
joven y hasta el final de su vida. El presente volumen da fe de la calidad de su produccion lirica, tan
escueta como fina y esmerada.
Asimismo, presenta una seleccion de sus reflexiones acerca de la
composicion poetica y la escritura.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
This great work commemorates the 175th anniversary of the first publication of the famous poem El Cuervo / The Raven , now with this bilingual anthology of Edgar Allan Poe’s essential poetry.
On a spooky December night, in a place inhabited only by silence, memory, and regret, there is a soft knock at the door. Only this and nothing else. With this terrifying scene Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous poem, The Raven , begins, one with which he became a celebrity throughout the country and with which he earned the nickname Mr. Poe the Poet. Although history has made him one of the great masters of short stories and an undoubtable reference in Gothic literature and detective stories, the truth is that Poe also had a great inclination for poetry, an art that he practiced from a very young age and through until the end of his life. This volume attests to the quality of his lyrical creations, which are concise, fine, and meticulous. He also offers a selection of his reflections about poetic composition and writing.
