The origin of species and other poems / Ernesto Cardenal ; translated and introduced by John Lyons ; foreword by Anne Waldman.

Author
Cardenal, Ernesto [Browse]
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, c2011.
Description
xxiii, 141 p. ; 24 cm.

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Summary note
"Along with its title poem, a meditation on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, this volume by Latin American poet Ernesto Cardenal includes twenty new poems--some appearing for the first time in English and some previously unpublished--and new cantos supplementing Cosmic Canticle"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • Machine generated contents note: The Origin of Species
  • Manaus Resurrected
  • Elegy for Cristina Downing
  • Theory of Language
  • Manaus Revisited
  • Reflections on the River Grijalva
  • Iquitos Zoo
  • The White Goddess
  • With the Lapps
  • Tata Vasco
  • In the Sea of Cortez
  • Solentiname Notes
  • White Holes
  • The Caves
  • Ecce Homo
  • Gazing at the Stars with Marti
  • At Delphos
  • Passenger in Transit in Santo Domingo
  • Destiny of an Insect
  • Cell Phone
  • Vision in Grand Canary
  • In Malta
  • Visit to Germany (1973)
  • Rally in Grenada
  • Tourist in Ararat
  • Reflections of a Minister
  • The Eagle
  • Snap of Segovia
  • European Postcards
  • On the Banks of the Ohio in Kentucky
  • Traveling on a Bus through the United States
  • The Place Called "Harmony"
  • Apalka.
ISBN
  • 9780896726895 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0896726894 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2011000797
OCLC
696321916
RCP
H - S
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