{"id":3981,"date":"2022-07-15T14:04:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T18:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/?p=3981"},"modified":"2022-08-10T20:26:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T00:26:33","slug":"tellings-of-telling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/2022\/07\/15\/tellings-of-telling\/","title":{"rendered":"Tellings of telling"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">Tellings of telling:<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">revelations, allusions, evocations in Pablo Neruda&#8217;s <em>A\u00fan<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3981 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/books-side-Small.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/books-side-Small.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/books-side-Small.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/books-side-Small-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4022'>\n\t\t\t\tVarious Neruda works and a map of Araucan\u00eda region\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/aerial-view-table-center-Small.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/aerial-view-table-center-Small.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/aerial-view-table-center-Small.jpeg 183w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/aerial-view-table-center-Small-172x300.jpeg 172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4018'>\n\t\t\t\tAerial view of our workspace\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/neruda-books-side.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/neruda-books-side.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/neruda-books-side.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/neruda-books-side-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4021'>\n\t\t\t\tComplete Works of Neruda and other texts\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>As a Ford Scholar, \u00d3scar Mart\u00ednez &#8217;25 worked with Professor Augusto Hacthoun of the Hispanic Studies Department for 8 weeks.\u00a0Together we researched a late work by Pablo Neruda (1904 &#8211; 1973).<\/p>\n<p>A Chilean\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">poet, diplomat and politician, Neruda is best known for earlier works <\/span><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Veinte poemas de amor y una canci\u00f3n desesperada <\/i><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">(1924) and <\/span><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Alturas de Macchu Picchu <\/i><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">(1947), and perhaps also for his Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971. Our research was intend<\/span>ed to construct a guide for readers who are less familiar with Neruda\u2019s later work.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3981 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/2022\/07\/15\/tellings-of-telling\/aerial-view-table-small\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/aerial-view-table-Small.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/aerial-view-table-Small.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/aerial-view-table-Small-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/2022\/07\/15\/tellings-of-telling\/aerial-view-books-small\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/aerial-view-books-Small.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/aerial-view-books-Small.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/aerial-view-books-Small-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-4017'>\n\t\t\t\tVassar&#8217;s edition of A\u00fan and Obras Completas Volumes I &#8211; V\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/2022\/07\/15\/tellings-of-telling\/aeriel-wide-angle-table-small\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/aeriel-wide-angle-table-Small.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/aeriel-wide-angle-table-Small.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/aeriel-wide-angle-table-Small-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>On July 5th and 6th of 1969, as a present to himself for his 65th birthday, Neruda wrote a cycle of 28 numbered poems, over 400 verses, titled <i>A\u00fan<\/i>. It was published a week later in a limited edition of 500 copies. Vassar\u2019s Thompson Library owns copy number 299, which we used as anchor for our research, together with editions of his complete literary prose and poetry, published letters and political writings. These were supplemented by digitized sources held in the Fundaci\u00f3n Pablo Neruda, the Biblioteca Nacional Digital de Chile, the HATHI TRUST Digital Library.<\/p>\n<p>We began with an in-depth reading, discussion, and analysis of the book, followed with the reckoning of autobiographical, geographical, historical, and conceptual references, plus words or phrases needing elucidation.\u00a0 We were aided by numerous printed and digital resources, including a concordance of Neruda\u2019s poems, bibliographies, dictionaries, glossaries, scholarly publications, and photo and video archives.<\/p>\n<p>We then dove deeper and analyzed the structure of every poem, the meter of every verse, their rhetorical devices, and their organic linkages within the book.\u00a0 Poem by poem, we searched for textual and conceptual connections between <i>A\u00fan<\/i> and Neruda\u2019s prior writings, and for echoes within Neruda\u2019s contemporaneous texts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4054\" style=\"width: 627px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/Pablo-Neruda-and-Chu-Tuh-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4054\" class=\"wp-image-4054\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/Pablo-Neruda-and-Chu-Tuh-1-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"617\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/Pablo-Neruda-and-Chu-Tuh-1-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/Pablo-Neruda-and-Chu-Tuh-1-624x453.jpg 624w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/fordscholars\/files\/2022\/07\/Pablo-Neruda-and-Chu-Tuh-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pablo Neruda and his Chuh Tuh<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Drawing on some of our findings and analyses, I have made a <a href=\"https:\/\/arcg.is\/1meLnS0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story Map<\/a> to give a general sense of our research journey.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tellings of telling: revelations, allusions, evocations in Pablo Neruda&#8217;s A\u00fan As a Ford Scholar, \u00d3scar Mart\u00ednez &#8217;25 worked with Professor Augusto Hacthoun of the Hispanic Studies Department for 8 weeks.\u00a0Together we researched a late work by Pablo Neruda (1904 &#8211; 1973). 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