SOURCE: "Kinds of Knowing," in The Times Literary Supplement, No. 3,820, May 23, 1975, p. 559.

An English educator and critic, Terry has published studies of the Spanish poets Joan Maragall and Antonio Machado and is the author of Catalan Literature (1972) and coauthor of Introduccion a la lengua y la literatura catalanas (1977). In the following review, he finds that in Diálogos del conocimiento, Aleixandre has continued to develop the style and insights of his poetry.

Vicente Aleixandre's most recent book of poems [Diálogos del conocimiento] is one of his best, and unmistakably different from any of the others. This is an unusual and gratifying thing to be able to say of a poet in his late seventies who for many years has been regarded as a master by younger generations of Spanish poets. His Obras completas, published seven years ago, seemed at the time to round off an achievement which...