Lo que me ha dejado Ernesto Cardenal

Abstract

What Do I Owe to Ernesto Cardenal The author is tracking down a peculiar trend in the poetry of Nicaraguan poet Ernesto Cardenal, which matches two traditionaly opposing ideas: the Christian doctrine and the communist ideology within the so called “liberation theology”. The paper points out the inventive and revolutionary nature of the marriage of ideas present in the political poetry of Cardenal.

Keywords

• political poetry
• ideology
• liberation theology
• Ernesto Cardenal