Spain, Take This Chalice from Me and Other Poems by Cesar Vallejo

A major new bilingual edition of the Peruvian poet’s work

Cesar Vallejo is one of the best-known Latin American poets of the twentieth century. Challenging, intense, and difficult to translate, Vallejo’s work has often been overshadowed by his fervent endorsement of communism. Noted scholar Ilan Stavans tackles the avant- garde poet’s politics head-on in an enlightening new introduction that places Vallejo in his proper literary context, while Margaret Sayers Peden’s new translation does full justice to Vallejo’s complex literary style. Including Spanish and English versions of more than eighty poems that span the arc of his career, this volume is certain to become the leading collection of Vallejo’s work for years to come.

Contents:

Introduction
Translators Note
Suggestions for Further Reading
Chronology
A Note on the Text
Spain Take This Chalice from Me and Other Poems
LOS HERALDOS NEGROS BLACK HERALDS
Los heraldos negros
BUZOS DEEP SEA DIVERS
DE LA TIERRA OF THE EARTH
NOSTALGIAS IMPERIALES IMPERIAL NOSTALGIAS
TRUENOS THUNDER
CANCIONES DE HOGAR SONGS OF THE HEARTH
TRILCE
POEMAS HUMANOS HUMAN POEMS
ESPAÑA APARTA DE MÍ ESTE CÁLIZ SPAIN TAKE THIS CHALICE FROM ME
Black Heralds
PLAFONES AGILES AGILE SOFFITS