This bilingual edition of the book central to Machado's work, Campos de
Castilla, reflects Machado's life after he moved to the small town of
Soria. Written between 1907 and 1917, the poems address his marriage and
the death of his young wife from tuberculosis. Many of the poems were
written in response to long walks he took in the countryside, and they
capture the essence of the landscape and the people of Castile. Other
poems address the postcolonial reality of Spain and give tribute to the
writers, thinkers and poets of his country.
Antonio Machado (1875-1939) is regarded as one of the greatest
Spanish poets of the 20th century. He was a major force in the
"generation of 1898," which ushered in a new Spanish poetics.