Antonio Machado Book order

The book highlights Antonio Machado's pivotal role in modern Spanish lyric poetry, linking him to literary giants like Bécquer and Lorca. Influenced by Symbolism and modernismo, Machado maintained a strong connection to reality, valuing natural imagery alongside deeper meanings. His humanitarian approach emphasized emotions and intuition, rejecting the cerebral nature of baroque poetry. This bilingual edition showcases his early mature work, featuring poems from "Soledades," including various sections that reflect his unique poetic vision.

With this collection of poems, Antonio Machado y Ruiz became the primary voice of the Spanish artists known as the Generation of 1898. This compilation features an unabridged edition of Machado's landmark work, plus other poems and essays. Introduction, new English translations, and notes by Stanley Appelbaum.

This edition of Antonio Machado's work offers a complete revision of the interpretations advanced by critics on the first version of Soledades (1903). Based on Machado's original edition it will be the only reliable text on the market of this work, the very embodiment of Spanish modernism.