Leopoldo Panero's reputation as a lyric poet has continued to grow since his death, as complete editions and exhaustive critiques of his work have become more generally available. Among Spanish poets who defined themselves generationally, Panero had the misfortune of belonging to the ill-fated "Generation of 1936." Its members had barely started on their work or had recently emerged from the shadow of the brilliant and coherent "Generation of 1927," when Spain suffered that almost total cultural eclipse instituted by the insurgent victors of its civil war. During the ensuing years of seemingly interminable dictatorship--when major poets were silent or absent and ideas were anathema--Panero's quiet, insistent lyrics, which celebrate the acceptable themes of family, landscape, religion, and death, came increasingly to prominence. At the time of his death he was regarded, along with Luis Rosales, Dionisio Ridruejo, and Luis Felipe Vivanco, as representative of the generation's "Garcilasismo," the adherence...