Pablo Neruda and the U.S. Culture Industry

by Teresa Longo

Overview

In this compelling 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 United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134754489
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/21/2013
Series:	Hispanic Issues
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	266
File size:	922 KB

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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