Product Description

Written while in exile in the United States, “Time” and “Space” were originally intended to appear together in a single volume. Not until 1986, however, did they appear so in Spanish— and not until 1988 were they published together in English. By presenting them together, Jiménez had wanted them to convey the same continuity of emotion, the same philosophical intensity, that he had experienced while writing them. “All My Life,” he wrote in his introduction, “I have toyed with the idea of writing a continuous poem...with no concrete theme, sustained only by its own surprise, its rhythm, its discoveries, its light, its successive joys; that is, its intrinsic elements, its essence.” That continuous poem is Time and Space the last book Jiménez wrote. Presented here in a bilingual edition, Time and Space will take readers of both English and Spanish on the longest and most sustained ride on the crest of poetry they will ever enjoy.

“The greatest poem in this Century...” —Octavio Paz

Antonio T. de Nicolás, translator and editor of Time and Space is also widely known for his highly acclaimed translation of the Juan Ramón Jiménez classic, Platero and I, as well as many other works in Spanish. His first book of poetry, Remembering the God to Come, is also being published by iUniverse.com.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1522676 in Books
• Published on: 2000-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 204 pages

From Library Journal
This seems to be a time of major reassessment of 1956 Nobel Laureate Jimenez. Along with many reissued works there appears this "poetic" autobiography. Only recently assembled, it includes "Space," published as a poem in 1957 and called by Octavio Paz this century's greatest poem in Spanish. Yet much of the prose here is what we would expect to find in any literary memoir: likes and dislikes, reflections and ramblings. Thus, we learn that Jimenez likes Shelley and Keats but finds the dependence of Eliot and Pound on allusion uninspiring. Traditional Spanish poetry is too abstract; only the author's native Andalusian, simple and sensuous, can offset its endemic heaviness. Provocative. Jack Shreve, Allegany Community Coll., Cumberland, Md.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
"The greatest poem in this Century..." -- Octavio Paz

Language Notes
Text: English, Spanish

Customer Reviews

No better long poem in the 20th Century!
Octavio Paz, another Noble Prize Winner called this poem:
" The greatest poem of this Century (20th)..."