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Product details
- ISBN 9780195123746
- Weight: 272g
- Dimensions: 145 x 211mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jul 1999
- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This is a translation from the Spanish of a long poem based on the biblical book of Esther. The author, Joao Pinto Delgado (c. 1585-1653) lived in Portugal, the Spanish Netherlands, and France. The choice of subject for this poem, with its theme of resistance to murderous oppression, was a subversive act of protest against the persecution of th Jews by the Inquisition. Today, it is equally resonant with the events of the Holocaust. It is also an elegant piece of Renaissance writing. Slavitt's skillful translation preserves the thyme scheme of the original, and wonderfully evokes the lavishness and sensuousness of Pinto Delgado's descriptions.
About the Translator
David Slavitt is a renowned poet, novelist, journalist, critic, and translator. He is the translator of A Crown for the King (Oxford, 1998) and The Sixty-One Psalms of David (Oxford, 1996). His latest book of poems, PS3569.L3 is his sixtieth book.
