Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. O'Daly, William
2. Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library). Collections, repository. poe

Description

1. 65 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

1. "This is the first English translation of this poem sequence which grew out of a trip the Nobel laureate took to Easter Island in 1971. Alternating between "The Men" and "The Island," Neruda observes the last remnants of the ancient world in direct opposition to the present, the guilty pathos of our time in opposition to the timeless vital purity of the island itself. In this poem, Neruda comes closest to reconstructing our prehistoric connection with Nature. In his brilliant translation of The Separate Rose, William O'Daly has rendered the wide range of expression that characterizes Neruda's Orphic tongue and its two voices, one of temporality, oppression, and sadness, the other celebrating mystery and vitality. The English reader will experience, sometimes with startling comprehension and clarity, the poet's complex intellectual vision of our human world that continues to pay a very high price for having alienated itself from its origins. O'Daly recreates the somber tones, incriminating surges and compassionate complaints, and the nearly ineffable joy found in the original, in lines which reflect the finely sculptured quality of Neruda's late work." --

Uniform title

1. Rosa separada. English

Alternative title

1. Rosa separada.

Subject

1. Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973 > Translations into English
2. Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973

Genre/Form

1. Poetry
2. poetry.
3. Translations
4. Poésie.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. Poems.
2. English and Spanish.
3. Translation of: La rosa separada.