The Canto General, thought by many of Neruda's most prominent critics to be the poet's masterpiece, is the stunning epic of an entire continent and its people.

Jack Scmitt is Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese at California State University, Long Beach. Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria is Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literatures at Yale University and a member of the American Academy of Arts of Sciences.

Acknowledgments
Introduction by
Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria

I A LAMP ON EARTH

II THE HEIGHTS OF MACCHU PICCHU

III THE CONQUISTADORS

IV THE LIBERATORS

VI AMERICA, I DO NOT INVOKE YOUR NAME IN VAIN

VIII THE EARTH'S NAME IS JUAN

IX LET THE WOODCUTTER AWAKEN

X THE FUGITIVE

XI THE FLOWERS OF PUNITAQUI

XII THE RIVERS OF SONG

XIII NEW YEAR'S CHORALE FOR THE COUNTRY IN DARKNESS

XIV THE GREAT OCEAN

XV I AM

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