Pablo Neruda and Nicanor Parra Face to Face a Bilingual and Critical Edition of Their Speeches on the Occasion of Neruda's Appointment to the Faculty of the University of Chile

This bilingual critical edition deals with the speeches by two major poets pitted against one another, one known as the poet, and the other as the antipoet, of Chile, each expounding upon and defending his own view of poetry while simultaneously attacking the other between the lines. Contains a critical introduction, English translations of both Parra's and Neruda's speeches, and the original speeches in Spanish.