Aires del Montseny

Description

"Aires del Montseny is the first book by Verdaguer that appears after the conflict between the chapel and the hierarchy is closed. […] The external space, the Montseny and the Plana de Vic 3⁄4The land of the poet3⁄4, fits perfectly with the turn of Verdaguer's poetry in recent years towards interior spaces, those of memories and dreams, always with a touch of nostalgia and great delicacy. […] The theme of paradise lost takes center stage, that of the infantess i, above all, the biblical, that encompasses everything. […] The book is, in many ways, a reflection on the origin and meaning of poetry …» (of the Presentation). The edition reproduces, too, the illustrations that accompanied the original edition, signed by prominent names in Catalan painting of the time.