Epics of the Americas : Whitman's Leave of Grass and Neruda's Canto General / William Allegrezza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allegrezza, William, author.

Series:

Biblioteca Javier Coy d'estudis nord-americans ; Volume 144.

Biblioteca Javier Coy d'estudis Nord-Americans Series ; Volume 144

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Leaves of grass.

Whitman, Walt.

Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973. Canto general.

Neruda, Pablo.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Criticism and interpretation.

Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Universitat de Valencia, 2017.

Language Note:

Text principally in English with some parallel English translation of Spanish portions.

System Details:

text file

EPUB

Summary:

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.

Notes:

439520 characters.

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from ePUB title page (Digitalia, viewed November 20, 2021)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9788491342021

8491342028

OCLC:

1287829825