In 1898 Tahirassawichi went to Washington "only to speak about religion" (as he told the American government) only to preserve the prayers. And the Capitol did not impress him." --from "Tahirassawichi in Washington"
Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan poet, priest, and revolutionary, foresees a new order for humanity. Here in his Indian poems, Father Cardenal interweaves myth, legend, history, and contemporary reality to speak to many subjects, including the assaults on the Iroquois Nation, the political and cultural life of ancient Mexico, the Ghost Dance movement, the...
In 1898 Tahirassawichi went to Washington "only to speak about religion" (as he told the American government) only to preserve the praye...
..". very well translated... Cardenal merits praise for presenting, on such an ambitious scale, a passionate alternative history of the Spanish encounter with Central America." Booklist
"Combining hsitory with poetry, Cardenal exposes the violence, treachery, injustice, and exploitation that are so much a part of Central America and Mexico s] past and present." World Literature Today
"Explore this dense, beautiful poem and you will be rewarded with riches that delight and hurt not ." Nicaragua Update
..". a remarkable text.... El estrecho dudoso is a masterful and...
..". very well translated... Cardenal merits praise for presenting, on such an ambitious scale, a passionate alternative history of the Spanish enc...
El poeta Jose Coronel Urtecho habia escrito sobre Cantico Cosmico: "Creo que la ciencia y la poesia no se habian encontrado hasta hoy para formar un todo cientifico-poetico. Lo que parece de veras nuevo en nuestra lengua y en toda otra lengua que yo conozca es que en poesia se hable de la ciencia o hable de ciencia en la lengua de la ciencia. Como la Divina comedia, de Dante, Cantico Cosmico, de Cardenal, es un canto de amor." Hay unos cuantos poemas que despues fueron escritos para ser agregados al gran poema Cantico cosmico y estos son los que aqui se publican con el titulo Versos del...
El poeta Jose Coronel Urtecho habia escrito sobre Cantico Cosmico: "Creo que la ciencia y la poesia no se habian encontrado hasta hoy para formar un t...
