A Companion to Pablo Neruda: Evaluating Neruda's Poetry

by Jason Wilson

Book Overview

Pablo Neruda was without doubt one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. However, his work is extremely uneven, and long. The companion examines the 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, his struggle to read and incorporate French poetry and travel abroad and by looking closely at how Neruda created his poetic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1855662809
• ISBN13: 9781855662803
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Tamesis Books
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"