Poet, essayist, art critic, and teacher, Angel Crespo has distinguished himself as one of the most talented and productive members of the post--Spanish Civil War literary scene. His career, spanning half a century, has taken him across Europe, and to the United States and Latin America. Crespo is associated with a group of poets known as the "Generation of 1956," but such a link limits his importance, for he is a key figure in the wider context of Spanish poetry in the 1950s and beyond. Although he has received somewhat less critical attention than such influential figures from the generation as Angel González or Francisco Brines, it is clear that, through his wide-ranging experiences and his contact with other literatures and cultures, particularly those of Portugal, Brazil, and Italy, Crespo has helped broaden the scope of Spanish poetry and has thus carved for himself a place in...