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The Scarecrow Press, Published 1979. Hardcover, xi, 192 pp.; 23 cm; illustrated with black-and-white photographs, a line drawing and a facsimile document.
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In Very Good condition, no dust jacket. Red cloth-covered boards with white lettering on front and spine; mild shelf and edge wear. Binding tight. Museum shop price label (Museum of Latin American Art) affixed to front pastedown; mild toning to endpapers; pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Study of the poetry of Pablo Neruda by Salvatore Bizzarro of Colorado College, dedicated "To Salvador Allende and to a free Chile." Part I analyzes the social and political poetry of 1936 to 1950 (Tercera residencia, Espana en el corazon, the Canto general and Alturas de Macchu Picchu); Part II follows the later works and the Memoirs. Includes chapters drawn from Bizzarro's 1975 interviews in Chile with Delia del Carril, Neruda's second wife, and with Matilde Urrutia, on the poet's last days after the September 1973 coup. Illustrations include a frontispiece of Neruda at Isla Negra by Antonio Quintana, Diego Rivera's portrait of Matilde Urrutia, Neruda with Delia del Carril visiting Gabriela Mistral, and a facsimile of a document signed by Neruda stating his artistic credo, with Bizzarro's translation. Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; A New Conception of Art; Espana en el Corazon; The Canto General; Alturas de Machu Picchu; Conclusion; Evolution toward a Simpler Form; The Memoirs; Remembering Pablo: Conversations with Hormiga; Pablo's Death: Conversations with Matilde Urrutia; Conclusion; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index.