The Origin of Species and Other Poems

by Ernesto Cardenal, Anne Waldman, John Lyons

Book Overview

Ernesto Cardenal, widely acknowledged as Latin America's greatest living poet, continues to craft works of striking beauty, as demonstrated in this collection's title poem, an exquisite meditation on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Among the twenty new poems included here are many appearing for the first time in English, some for the first time anywhere. Cardenal has also added new cantigas, or cantos, to supplement his book-length masterpiece,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896726894
• ISBN13: 9780896726895
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 9.2"