Böcker av Garcilaso de la Vega

The account of the origin, growth, and destruction of the Inca empire, from its legendary birth until the death in 1572 of its last independent ruler.

La poesia de Garcilaso, tuvo tres etapas: la castellana, en que escribe sus poemas octosilabicos; la italiana o petrarquista, en que, influido por Francesco Petrarca, escribe sus sonetos y canciones en forma de cancionero petrarquista dedicado a la dama Isabel Freyre; y la etapa clasicista o napolitana, en que, influido por los poetas clasicos Latinos y por sus nuevas amistades napolitanas, escribe elegias, epistolas, eglogas y odas, algunas de ellas en latin. La presente seleccin comprende: SonetosCancionesCoplasElegasla Epstola a Boscny las glogas de Garcilaso

Garcilaso de la Vega (ca 1501-36) was a Castilian nobleman at the court of Charles V. As the first poet to make the Italian Renaissance lyric style at home in Spanish, he is credited with beginning the golden age of Spanish poetry. This title can help to explain to the English-speaking public this poet's preeminence.

An abridgment of both volumes of Livermore's classic translation, this work presents those selections that comprise Garcilaso's historical narrative. The author's introduction and notes set Garcilaso in his intellectual, historical, and cultural contexts.