Pablo Neruda and the construction of past and future Utopias in the Canto general.

From: Utopian Studies | Date: March 22, 2001| Author: Mascia, Mark J. | Copyright information

THE POETRY OF PABLO NERUDA, the Chilean Nobelist, has most often been analyzed for themes such as nature, love, human existence, and politics. The lengthy collection of the Canto general (General Song, 1950) is largely known for its fusion of two of the aforementioned elements, nature poetry and political discourse. Divided into fifteen sections, this collection poetically recounts Latin American history from its pre-Columbian origins to the point at which it was published. During ...

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