Poetry
Rimas chilenas
Not translated into English
Eduardo de la Barra · 1890
Synopsis
According to Biografías y Vidas, the volume brings together the poems that the author had first published in reviews and newspapers. They belong to the romantic ideal, to which he remained faithful: love and nature, ice and fire, passion and disillusionment, triumph and failure.
Context
The collection appeared in Santiago in 1866. The author is best known as a theorist of Castilian metrics, the best of his time in Spanish America in the view of Biografías y Vidas, which also recalls that in 1888 he wrote the study placed at the head of Azul, by Rubén Darío. He fought German influence on Chilean culture, which he called “el embrujamiento alemán”. His own poetry remained Romantic, while he saw modernism coming.
Who it is for
Romantic poems in a polished language, to be read separately, in Spanish; no translation has been found.
Prizes and reception
For Biografías y Vidas, the work of a poet who remained faithful to the Romantic ideal, while also being the best metrician of his time.
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