Sinópsis
Detalles
Whitman wanted to bolster the American democratic spirit by creating a democratic literature through his Leaves of Grass, he also wanted to create something epic, so he crafted a new form, the lyric-epic. Pablo Neruda wrote Canto general as a foundational text for communism in Latin America. In both books, these poets want to politicize the reader, Whitman for democracy and Neruda for communism, both of which have become foundational poets for their countries over time.
Whitman quería reforzar el espíritu democrático norteamericano creando una literatura democrática a través de sus Leaves of Grass, y quería crear algo épico, así que produjo una nueva forma, lo lírico-épico. Pablo Neruda escribió Canto general como texto fundacional para el comunismo en América Latina. En ambos libros, estos poetas quieren politizar al lector, Whitman para la democracia y Neruda para el comunismo, y los dos se han convertido en poetas fundacionales para sus países con el paso del tiempo.
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Table of Contents
The Lyric-Epic Tradition and Literary Sourcebooks
Whitman, the Local “Loco Foco”
Camaraderie and the Union: Whitman’s Manly Love
Whitman and History’s Cyclical, Linear Stasis
Whitman and Poetics
Neruda’s Latin American Politics
Camaraderie, Unity, and Communism in Canto General
History and Redemption: Neruda in Creation
Neruda and Poetics
Conclusion
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