THIRTY YEARS OF POETRY ANTHOLOGIES IN CHILE (1944-1973)

Abstract

The article offers a literary context and analyses forty-one anthologies of Chilean poetry published between 1944 and 1973, starting with Poetas chilenos, 1557-1944, by Carlos René Correa, and ending with the sixth edition of Las cien mejores poesías chilenas, by Alone. It studies the way in which the anthologies portray the central canon of Chilean poetry, their arduous attempts to renew it, and the critical attitude of some of the anthologists. After examining the very marginal role of women in the anthologies and the presence of political themes and perspectives, it focuses on the figure of the most widely read and published Chilean anthologist: Alone.