{"product_id":"mount-canigo-9781855662988","title":"Mount Canigó","description":"\u003cb\u003eCatalonia's towering Romantic poet and rebel priest, Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902), delves deep into the Catalan imaginary in his foundational long poem \u003ci\u003eMount Canigó\u003c\/i\u003e (1886), recounting the historical and legendary mix, bothtragic and triumphant, of the medieval origins of modern Catalonia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2016 \"Serra d'Or\" Critics Award for Research in Catalan Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatalonia's towering Romantic poet and rebel priest, Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902), delves deep into the Catalan imaginary in his foundational long poem Mount Canigó (1886), recounting the historical and legendary mix, both tragicand triumphant, of the medieval origins of modern Catalonia. The collision between duty and love is mirrored by the symbolic conflict between, on the one hand, a powerful folk mythology rooted in the natural geography and, on theother, the widely institutionalized universalism of Christianity concomitant to the reconquest of the Iberian peninsula. Rich in lyrical and thematic correspondence with long poems ranging from \u003ci\u003eLa chanson de Roland\u003c\/i\u003e, Ariosto's \u003ci\u003eOrlando Furioso\u003c\/i\u003e and Spenser's \u003ci\u003eFaerie Queene\u003c\/i\u003e to Milton's \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, Longfellow's \u003ci\u003eEvangeline\u003c\/i\u003e and Tennyson's \u003ci\u003eIdylls of the King\u003c\/i\u003e, Verdaguer's masterful verse rivals all the legendary magic andwonder of the mountains themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Jacint Verdaguer is regarded as one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Ronald Puppo is the translator of \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems of Jacint Verdaguer: A Bilingual Edition\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMount Canigó: A Tale of Catalonia\u003c\/i\u003e is published in association with Editorial Barcino.","brand":"Jacint Verdaguer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280452759803,"sku":"9781855662988","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781855662988_b55682b2-fcd5-4011-913d-dcbba4a4f363.jpg?v=1772487812","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/mount-canigo-9781855662988","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}