Golden Age

I'm teaching my Golden Age poetry seminar for the second time in the fall. I really enjoyed it last time, and had the satisfaction of having a few students tell me I had converted them from poetry haters to poetry lovers. That said, I must admit that I'm more comfortable teaching prose.

When it comes to poetry I'm a bit of a traditionalist. We talk of form, language, historical context. I have delved into the 20th century, though, from time to time. Last year in my graduate survey of peninsular literature (yes, we have one of those, to my dismay) we read all of La voz a ti debida, by Salinas, and I have to say that it was one of the more satisfying experiences I've had. I know some regard Salinas as overly intellectual and cold, but La voz a ti debida moves me like nothing else.

So, here's a question to begin our blog: what work of Spanish literature moves you like nothing else? Instead of replying in comments, which are a pain to read, reply in a new post.

By the way, we can always change this blog layout and the description. I threw this together fairly quickly just a few minutes ago.