Selected Writings by Dario, Ruben -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Introduction POEMS

TRANSLATORS’ NOTE I. - And Those That Come from the Eighteenth Century II. - Some Both Ancient and Modern III. - Some Audacious, Cosmopolitan IV. - And a Thirst for Illusive Hope That’s Endless

STORIES AND FABLES

TRANSLATOR’S NOTE

On Poetry and the Poet

THE BOURGEOIS KING THE DEAF SATYR MY AUNT ROSA TALE OF THE SEA THE BALE

Fantasy, Horror, and the Grotesque

THE LARVA THANATOPHOBIA HUITZILOPOXTLI - A Mexican legend THE CASE OF MADEMOISELLE AMÉLIE - A story for New Year’s

Myth and Legend

PALIMPSEST I PALIMPSEST II THE RUBY THE BIRTH OF CABBAGE QUEEN MAB’S VEIL

Fables

THE PALACE OF THE SUN THE DEATH OF THE EMPRESS OF CHINA JUAN BUENO’S LOSSES FEBEA FUGITIVE GYRFALCONS OF ISRAEL THE STRANGE DEATH OF FRAY PEDRO THE NYMPH - A Parisian story THE BLACK SOLOMON THUS SPAKE AHASUERUS THE STORY OF MARTIN GUERRE

Prose Poems

IN THE ENCHANTED LAND THE HONEYMOON SONG BLOODY SIREN-CATCHERS OCEAN IDYLL THE SONG OF WINTER THE IDEAL BÖKLIN : “THE ISLE OF THE DEAD” SIRENS AND TRITONS THE CLEPSYDRA: THE EXTRACTION OF THE IDEA WAR

ESSAYS, OPINIONS, TRAVEL WRITING, AND MISCELLANEOUS PROSE

MODERNISMO THE STORY OF MY BOOKS AZURE FRONTISPIECE FOR “THE MISFITS” THE MISFITS (LOS RAROS; EXCERPTS)

On Poetry and the Poet

AN EXCERPT FROM “FROM A BOOK OF INTIMATE PAGES” AN EXCERPT FROM “THE LITERARY LIFE” THE 1001 NIGHTS MARINETTI AND FUTURISM

On Art

On Himself

THE COLORS OF MY STANDARD PRO DOMO MEA THE JOURNALIST AND HIS LITERARY MERITS

On “Modern Life” and Politics

MUSINGS ON CRIME TO THE RIGHT REVEREND ABBOT SCHNEBELIN GOLD’S CHOLER IRON THE TRIUMPH OF CALIBAN THE HIPPOGRIFF TO THE VENERABLE JOAN OF ORLEANS

Travel Pieces and Vignettes

VIEUX PARIS [ON WOMAN] THE POSTER IN SPAIN (EXCERPTS) A DIPLOMATIC MISSION ¡TOROS! (EXCERPTS) “BLACK SPAIN” SEVILLE CÓRDOBA [TRAVELS IN ITALY] HAMBURG, OR THE LAND OF SWANS THE SECESSION BUDAPEST

APPENDIX SELECTED LETTERS GLOSSARY Index of Titles and First Lines