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.
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