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Canto General is Pablo Neruda's tenth book of poems. It was first published in Mexico in 1950, by Talleres Gráficos de la Nación. Neruda began to compose it in 1938. "Canto General" ("General Song") consists of 15 sections, 231 poems, and more than 15,000 lines.
Canto general, an epic poem of Latin America by Pablo Neruda, published in two volumes in 1950. Mixing his communist sympathies with national pride, Neruda depicts Latin American history as a grand, continuous struggle against oppression.
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Jan 18, 2022 · Pablo Neruda is one of the most influential and widely read 20th-century poets of the Americas. “No writer of world renown is perhaps so little known to North Americans as Chilean poet Pablo Neruda,” observed New York Times Book Review critic Selden Rodman.
In Canto General, Pablo Neruda portrays indigenous peoples as the original inhabitants of the Americas, who were brutally oppressed and exploited by European colonizers. He highlights their rich cultural heritage, their deep connection to the land, and their resistance against colonialism.
Canto General. Pablo Neruda. University of California Press, 1991 - Literary Collections - 407 pages. Thought by many to be Neruda's masterpiece, Canto General is the stunning epic of an entire...
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Pablo Neruda. "Canto General" is an epic poem that delves into the rich and tumultuous history, culture, and nature of Latin America. Through its lyrical and powerful verses, the work explores the struggles and identities of the continent's people, spanning from the ancient civilizations to the political upheavals of the 20th century.
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Biography, overview and critical analysis drawn from journals and periodicals in Gale Databases, exploring the author best known for Canto General and The Captain's Verses.
