Book contents
- Pablo Neruda in Context
- Pablo Neruda in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part IResidence and Travel
- Part IILandmark Events and Relationships
- Part IIILiterary Influences and Poetic Evolution
- Chapter 14Neruda and His Precursors
- Chapter 15The Adolescent Poetry of Pablo Neruda (1920–1924)
- Chapter 16The Confluence of Avant-Gardist Form and Realist Content in Residencia en la tierra
- Chapter 17Poetic Evolution III (1950–1953)
- Chapter 18Poetic Evolution IV (1954–1957)
- Chapter 19From Late to Posthumous Poems
- Part IVOther Genres
- Part VPolitics, Race, and Ecocriticism
- Part VIWorldwide Influence, Reception, and Legacy
- Works Cited
- Index
Chapter 19 - From Late to Posthumous Poems
Neruda’s Forgotten Futurity
from Part III - Literary Influences and Poetic Evolution
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 February 2026
Book contents
- Pablo Neruda in Context
- Pablo Neruda in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part IResidence and Travel
- Part IILandmark Events and Relationships
- Part IIILiterary Influences and Poetic Evolution
- Chapter 14Neruda and His Precursors
- Chapter 15The Adolescent Poetry of Pablo Neruda (1920–1924)
- Chapter 16The Confluence of Avant-Gardist Form and Realist Content in Residencia en la tierra
- Chapter 17Poetic Evolution III (1950–1953)
- Chapter 18Poetic Evolution IV (1954–1957)
- Chapter 19From Late to Posthumous Poems
- Part IVOther Genres
- Part VPolitics, Race, and Ecocriticism
- Part VIWorldwide Influence, Reception, and Legacy
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
This chapter encompasses Neruda’s poetic production during his latest years, which has been divided into two sections: late and posthumous poems published in books. Neruda’s literary fame was cemented in his previous work, Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada (Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, 1924), Residencia en la tierra (Residence on Earth, 1933, 1935, 1947), Canto general (1950), and Odas elementales (Elemental Odes, 1954–57). In general, critics and general readers have overlooked Neruda’s late body of work, which reflected a post-millennial futurity. He announced this visionary approach in both Aún (Still Another Day, 1969) and Fin de mundo (World’s End, 1969), but the best summary of his take on futurity can be found in his posthumous 2000 (1974).
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