About the Book
The Canto General, thought by many of Neruda’s most prominent critics to be the poet’s masterpiece, is the stunning epic of an entire continent and its people.
Canto General
Price: $26.95 / £23.00
Publication Date: May 2011
Edition: 1st Edition
Title Details:
Rights: World
Pages: 424
ISBN: 9780520269972
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Illustrations: frontispiece
About the Author
Jack Scmitt is Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese at California State University, Long Beach. Roberto González Echevarría is Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literatures at Yale University and a member of the American Academy of Arts of Sciences.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction by
Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria
I A LAMP ON EARTH
II THE HEIGHTS OF MACCHU PICCHU
III THE CONQUISTADORS
IV THE LIBERATORS
VI AMERICA, I DO NOT INVOKE YOUR NAME IN VAIN
VIII THE EARTH'S NAME IS JUAN
IX LET THE WOODCUTTER AWAKEN
X THE FUGITIVE
XI THE FLOWERS OF PUNITAQUI
XII THE RIVERS OF SONG
XIII NEW YEAR'S CHORALE FOR THE COUNTRY IN DARKNESS
XIV THE GREAT OCEAN
XV I AM
Notes
Introduction by
Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria
I A LAMP ON EARTH
II THE HEIGHTS OF MACCHU PICCHU
III THE CONQUISTADORS
IV THE LIBERATORS
VI AMERICA, I DO NOT INVOKE YOUR NAME IN VAIN
VIII THE EARTH'S NAME IS JUAN
IX LET THE WOODCUTTER AWAKEN
X THE FUGITIVE
XI THE FLOWERS OF PUNITAQUI
XII THE RIVERS OF SONG
XIII NEW YEAR'S CHORALE FOR THE COUNTRY IN DARKNESS
XIV THE GREAT OCEAN
XV I AM
Notes