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General song an epic poem of latin america by pablo. Canto general general song consists of 15 sections, 231 poems, and more than 15,000 lines. Mixing communism with nationalistic pride, neruda depicts latin american history as a grand, continuous struggle against oppression. Pablo neruda is the greatest poet of the twentieth centuryin any language gabriel garcia marquez. The canto general, thought by many of neruda s most prominent critics to be the poets masterpiece, is the stunning epic of an everything he touched turned to poetry, says gabriel garcia marquez, who also considers the chilean nobel laureate the greatest poet of the twentieth century, in any language. Everything he touched turned to poetry, says gabriel garc a m rquez, who also considers the chilean nobel laureate the greatest poet of the twentieth century, in any language. Canto general by neruda and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Pablo neruda 190473, one of the renowned poets of the twentieth century, was born in farral, chile. By that time his works had been translated into many languages. His first book of poetry was published before he was twenty, and twenty love poems and a song of despair, published the following year, made him famous throughout the spanishspeaking world. Pablo neruda is one of the most influential and widely read 20thcentury poets of the americas. In his most audacious and ambitious achievement, neruda depicts history as a vast, continuous struggle against oppression. In 1952 the political situation in chile once again became favourable, and neruda was able to return home. Buy canto general letras hispanicas by pablo neruda isbn.
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