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
- Chapter 7Neruda’s Misreadings
- Chapter 8The Awards and Honors of Pablo Neruda
- Chapter 9Neruda on Poetics
- Chapter 10Pablo Neruda
- Chapter 11The Poet in New York
- Chapter 12Women in the Poet’s Life
- Chapter 13Subjectivities and Reception
- Part IIILiterary Influences and Poetic Evolution
- Part IVOther Genres
- Part VPolitics, Race, and Ecocriticism
- Part VIWorldwide Influence, Reception, and Legacy
- Works Cited
- Index
Chapter 13 - Subjectivities and Reception
Pablo Neruda on the 100th Anniversary of Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada
from Part II - Landmark Events and Relationships
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
- Chapter 7Neruda’s Misreadings
- Chapter 8The Awards and Honors of Pablo Neruda
- Chapter 9Neruda on Poetics
- Chapter 10Pablo Neruda
- Chapter 11The Poet in New York
- Chapter 12Women in the Poet’s Life
- Chapter 13Subjectivities and Reception
- Part IIILiterary Influences and Poetic Evolution
- Part IVOther Genres
- Part VPolitics, Race, and Ecocriticism
- Part VIWorldwide Influence, Reception, and Legacy
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
This essay discusses Pablo Neruda’s youth love poetry collection Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada (1924) in relation to situated subjectivities, from decolonial, intersectional feminist perspectives. One hundred years after the collection was published, we briefly account for Neruda’s inter- and intra-subjective exploration of love and otherness. Particular attention is given here to the poetic process as an unending dialogue between production and reception, including some current poetic and nonpoetic canceling, as well as rediscoveries of his rich eco- and geopoetic vocation.
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- Pablo Neruda in Context , pp. 141 - 152Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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