Background
Stanton, Edward F. was born on October 29, 1942 in Colorado Springs. Son of Edward F. and Rose E. (Sunseri) Stanton.
(In the tradition of Colin Fletcher's The Man Who Walked T...)
In the tradition of Colin Fletcher's The Man Who Walked Through Time and William Least Heat-Moon's Blue Highways, Edward F. Stanton has written a quietly beautiful and engrossing account of his own pilgrimage. Road of Stars to Santiago is a personal story of his journey along what has been called "the premier cultural route of Europe." "I undertook a five-hundred-mile walk along the ancient Camino de Santiago, from the French Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostella in northwest Spain, the supposed burial site of the apostle St. James the Elder, and beyond to Finisterre, Land's End on the Atlantic coast. "On my journey I followed the old road whenever possible, passing through mountains, medieval forests and remote villages, as well as modern towns and cities. I slept in fields, abandoned schools or wherever I could, on a thirty-day trip that brought me into contact with a whole cross-section of Spanish society, and with pilgrims from France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and England. "Most of the book has to do with my own trials and joys on the Road: the physical struggle to walk about twenty miles a day in the heat or rain, to find a place to eat and sleep; with the psychological changes that take place when one leaves home, family and routine; with the contradictions inherent to a pilgrimage in the late twentieth centuiy; with experiences that ranged from the spiritual to the picaresque; with the people I met on the way―from shepherds and peasan ts to astrologers and philosophers. There are plenty of humorous situations and unexpected turns." ―Edward F. Stanton
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(With literature, music constituted the most important act...)
With literature, music constituted the most important activity of poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca's life. The two arts were closely related to each other throughout his career. As a child, Lorca imbibed traditional Andalusian songs from the lips of the family maids, whom he would remember with affection years later. At a very early age he began to study piano, and during his adolescence, music and poetry competed for primacy among his interests. His first book was dedicated to his music teacher, who instilled in him a love for the world of art and creation. In part I of this study, Edward F. Stanton examines Lorca's theoretical and practical approach to cante jondo, the traditional music of Andalusia, as seen in his lectures on the subject and in the 1922 concurso. In part II, he searches for direct and―far more important―indirect echoes of this music in his work. Part III explores the mythic quality of Lorca's art in relation to cante jondo. Throughout, Stanton illuminates a new dimension of the poet's work.
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Stanton, Edward F. was born on October 29, 1942 in Colorado Springs. Son of Edward F. and Rose E. (Sunseri) Stanton.
Bachelor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964; Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1972.
Assistant professor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1972-1978; associate professor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1978-1988; professor Spanish, U. Kentucky, Lexington, since 1988. Visiting Fulbright scholar United States Government, Argentina, Uruguay, 1990. Visiting professor summer program Universidad Complutense, Ronda, Spain, 1996.
(In the tradition of Colin Fletcher's The Man Who Walked T...)
(With literature, music constituted the most important act...)
With United States Army, 1966-1967. Member Hemingway Society, Friends of Camino de Santiago.
Children: Daniel, Carlos. Married Melissa A. McEuen.