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Canto General

by Pablo Neruda (Author), Jack Schmitt (Translator), Roberto González Echevarria (Introduction)
May 2011
First Edition
Paperback
$26.95, £21.00
Series
Latin American Literature and Culture
Title Details

Rights: Available worldwide
Pages: 424
ISBN: 9780520269972
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Illustrations: frontispiece

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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.

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.

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

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