Cantos de Adolescencia: Songs of Youth (1932-1937) (Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage)
"It's not necessary to read more than a few of [Paredes'] poems to realize that he was born with a perfect ear. In formal verse forms, his rhythms are impeccable ...his unrhymed verse has its own structure-a cadence that faithfully reproduces the natural movements of spoken language. The translators deserve praise for the notes following the poems..." --ForeWord Magazine"Translated into English for the first time, this volume will be of interest to Paredes scholars…annotated notes at the end of the volume are impressive and necessary, explaining choices about retaining rhyme and rhythm so essential to the poems and providing background information." --Criticas"With an extensive introduction, facsimiles from the Américo Paredes Papers, and poetry covering Mexican patriotism, music, nature, comedy & tragedy of love, décimas, and l'envoi,Canto/Songsis highly recommended for the general adolescent to adult reader, as well as to both undergraduate and graduate students for its scholarly interest." --REFORMA Newsletter