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Page 135
... poem itself does not name the river that could represent the " blancos , " this latter being the word necessary to the idea of there being “ negros " on the Mississippi and " indios " on the Amazon . In truth we could say that the poem ...
... poem itself does not name the river that could represent the " blancos , " this latter being the word necessary to the idea of there being “ negros " on the Mississippi and " indios " on the Amazon . In truth we could say that the poem ...
Page 136
... poem's overall song , in the harmonic sense , to two voices : that of the snakes- rivers - Negroes - Indians ... poem contains . Certainly the idea of opposing poetry to the machine is nothing new . It is sketched out even in the poem of ...
... poem's overall song , in the harmonic sense , to two voices : that of the snakes- rivers - Negroes - Indians ... poem contains . Certainly the idea of opposing poetry to the machine is nothing new . It is sketched out even in the poem of ...
Page 137
... poem “ Los ríos ” tries to confront technology ? According to the theory I have just presented , the answer to this would be : not completely . What stands in the way of confrontation is , precisely , the version of the book that ...
... poem “ Los ríos ” tries to confront technology ? According to the theory I have just presented , the answer to this would be : not completely . What stands in the way of confrontation is , precisely , the version of the book that ...
Contents
PART SOCIETY | 33 |
the first plantations | 39 |
Contraband repression and consequences | 47 |
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