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A Companion to Pablo Neruda: Evaluating Neruda's Poetry
Contributor(s): Wilson, Jason (Author)

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 ISBN: 1855661675     ISBN-13: 9781855661677
Publisher: Tamesis Books
OUR PRICE: $109.25  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2008
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Annotation: Pablo Neruda was without doubt one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century but his work is extremely uneven. There is a view that there are two Nerudas, an early Romantic visionary and a later Marxist populist, who denied his earlier poetic self. By focussing on the poet's apprenticeship, and by looking closely at how Neruda created his poetic persona within his poems, this Companion tries to establish what should survive of his massive output. By seeing his early work as self exploration through metaphor and sound, as well as through varieties of love and direct experience, the Companion outlines a unity behind all the work, based on voice and a public self. Neruda's debt to reading and books is studied in depth and the change in poetics re-examined by concentrating on the early work up to Residencia en la tierra I and II and why he wanted to become a poet. Debate about quality and representativity is grounded in his Romantic thinking, sensibility and sincerity. Unlike a Borges or a Paz who accompanied their creative work with analytical essays, Neruda distilled all his experiences into his poems, which remain his true biography.

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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American
- Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese
- Literary Criticism | American - Hispanic American
Dewey: 861.62
LCCN: 2008298222
Series: Monografías a
Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.38" W x 9.44" L (1.30 lbs) 266 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic
- Cultural Region - Latin America
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index
Review Citations: Choice 01/01/2009
 
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Pablo Neruda was without doubt one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century but his work is extremely uneven. There is a view that there are two Nerudas, an early Romantic visionary and a later Marxist populist, who denied his earlier poetic self. By focussing on the poet's apprenticeship, and by looking closely at how Neruda created his poetic persona within his poems, this Companion tries to establish what should survive of his massive output. By seeing his early work as self exploration through metaphor and sound, as well as through varieties of love and direct experience, the Companion outlines a unity behind all the work, based on voice and a public self. Neruda's debt to reading and books is studied in depth and the change in poetics re-examined by concentrating on the early work up to Residencia en la tierra I and II and why he wanted to become a poet. Debate about quality and representativity is grounded in his Romantic thinking, sensibility and sincerity. Unlike a Borges or a Paz who accompanied their creative work with analytical essays, Neruda distilled all his experiences into his poems, which remainhis true biography. Jason Wilson is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies, University College London.
 
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