Pablo Neruda and the U.S. Culture Industry

ISBN-13: 9780815333869 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 266 str.

Teresa Longo

Opis

Of all Latin American poets, Pablo Neruda is arguably the most recognized in the English-speaking world. But while the image of Neruda most frequently produced in this country is the apolitical, romantic poet of 20 Poemas de Amor, the highly political Neruda who wrote Canto general is much less visible. In this collection, Teresa Longo gathers a diverse group of critical and poetic voices to analyze the politics of packaging and marketing Neruda - and Latin American poetry in general - in the US Renowned and emerging scholars of Neruda, poetry, and cultural criticism examine how the ways in which Neruda is published and read create and make essential images of Latin American culture. The volume also explores the ways in which Neruda is appropriated by the culture as a remedy for fragmentation and scepticism, and considers how US Latino/a poets and critics have responded to the packaging of Neruda by the culture industry.

Spis treści

Introduction Poetry Like Wonder Bread: Teresa Longo Part I. Reading Neruda 1. Pablo Neruda, Interpreter of Our Century: Guiseppe Bellini 2. Speak through My Words: The Poetics and Politics of Translating Neruda: Janice A. Jaffe 3. Pablo Neurda: Absence and Presence: The Photograph as Historical Referent: Patricia Santoro 4. Quests for Alternative Cultural Antecedents: The Indigenism of Pablo Neurda, Ernesto Cardenal and Gary Snyder: Jill Kuhnheim Part II. Neruda Reconfigured: Culture, History, and Politics 5. Loving Neruda: Bruce Dean Willis 6. The De-chileanization of Neruda in Il Postino: Irene Hodgson 7. Buying into the Nerudian Condominium or Building Community: Border Culture Reclaims the Past for the New Century: Ann Marie Stock 8. The Poetics of Politics and the Politics of the Poet: Experience and Testimony in Pablo Neruda: Silvia N. Rosman Part III: Linking Theory to Praxis: U.S. Latino Responses 9. Post Wonder Bread: Pablo Neruda in Centerfield? Teresa Longo 10. The Good Liar Meets His Executioners: The Evolution of a Poem: Martin Espada 11. Pablo Neruda's Dilemma: Julio Marzan 12. In Search of Literary Cojones: Pablo Neruda, U.S. Latino Poetry, and the U.S. Literary Canon: Marcos McPeek Villatoro

O autorze

Teresa Longo is Associate Professor in Modern Languages at the College of William and Mary. She is a specialist in Latino poetry and Latino literary theory.