Martín Fierro
by Hernández, José
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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ORMOND, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Buenos Aires: Ediciones Latinoamericanas, 1973. Laminated wood hard cover with leather spine. In Spanish. 'Martín Fierro is an 2,316 line epic poem by the Argentine writer José Hernández. The poem was originally published in two parts, El Gaucho Martín Fierro (1872) and La Vuelta de Martín Fierro (1879). The poem is, in part, a protest against the Europeanizing and modernizing tendencies of Argentine president Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. As well, the poem supplied a historical link to the gauchos' contribution to the national development of Argentina, for the gaucho had played a major role in Argentina's independence from Spain.[1] The poem, written in a Spanish that evokes rural Argentina, is widely seen as the pinnacle of the genre of "gauchesque" poetry (poems centered around the life of the gaucho, written in a style that evokes the rural Argentine ballads known as payadas) and a touchstone of Argentine national identity. It has appeared in literally hundreds of editions and has been translated into over 70 languages. It has earned major commentaries from, among others, Leopoldo Lugones, Miguel de Unamuno, Jorge Luis Borges (see Borges on Martín Fierro) and Rafael Squirru.' (Wikipedia) Wear to corners of spine . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sindbad Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000809
- Title
- Martín Fierro
- Author
- Hernández, José
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ediciones Latinoamericanas
- Place of Publication
- Buenos Aires
- Date Published
- 1973
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- South America;
- Size
- 4to
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Sindbad Books
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ORMOND, Victoria
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