{"product_id":"pablo-nerudas-ship-figureheads-a-poet-collectors-muses-and-companions-paperback-softback-9780817362157","title":"Pablo Neruda's Ship Figureheads; A Poet-Collector's Muses and Companions (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817362157","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePablo Neruda's Ship Figureheads\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Poet-Collector's Muses and Companions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarol A. Olsen (Author), Fernando Sáez Garcia (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817362157\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 September 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e172 pages, 36 b\u0026amp;w photographs\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.286 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Olsen combines art history and nautical archaeology expertise as she unveils Pablo Neruda's obsession for acquiring ship figureheads, his poetic writings about them, and how figureheads fit into his life. This well-written interdisciplinary analysis is an important contribution.\"—Larry Silver, Farquhar Professor of Art History, emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, and author of \u003ci\u003eEurope Views the World, 1500–1700\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Olsen shows a keen understanding of figurehead forms and carving styles. Throughout [this work], both overtly stated and in subtle ways, the author applies the background knowledge, research sources, and common sense of an experienced figurehead historian.\"—Daniel Finamore, author and editor of \u003ci\u003eIn American Waters: The Sea in American Painting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Carol Olsen's latest study of figureheads bridges the gap between solid art-historical scholarship and the mysticism of Pablo Neruda's poetry. She investigates not only the colourful origins of a unique collection of sculptures but how those remnants of a seafaring past took up a central place in the life and work of the poet.\"—Fred Hocker, director of research, Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; maritime archaeologist; former wooden shipwright; and author of \u003ci\u003eVasa: A Swedish Warship\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnlock the stories of Pablo Neruda's rare nineteenth-century carved-wood ship figurehead collection in Chile, why they mattered in his tumultuous life, and how we benefit from them now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoet Pablo Neruda's nineteenth-century ship figurehead collection in Chile is one of the most significant in the world. Containing carved wood images of dramatically postured men and women, these figures are now better understood due to years of research, a willingness to challenge Neruda's ever-changing stories about them, and a realization that the names Neruda chose for his figureheads perhaps had more to do with his life than theirs. The rhythm and beauty of Neruda's worn wood figures is counterpoint to his own tumultuous life as an author, politician, and communist dissident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollecting ship figureheads was central to Neruda's passion for owning things made of wood, a material he said was his best friend, and for standing out among others as he gradually built the public persona that helped move him toward winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. With his choir of immobilized figureheads stationed upright in his living room and facing the Pacific Ocean, Neruda was surrounded by dramatic images from the sea that ignited his most powerful feelings. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe nineteenth century saw figureheads on the bows of ships of sail and steam, yet when a figurehead was lost or removed, its history soon disappeared. The significant ship figureheads that Neruda avidly collected preserve that history and reveal new dimensions concerning his life and work. Each year, his collection is viewed by thousands of visitors to the Pablo Neruda Foundation's house museum at Isla Negra.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e List of Illustrations \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Foreword by Fernando SÁez Garcia \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Preface \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Introduction: How Pablo Neruda Collected Ship Figureheads \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 1. Neruda’s Male Figureheads \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 2. Neruda’s Female Figureheads \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 3. Neruda’s DÉcor Pieces Resembling Ship Figureheads \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Appendix A: Pablo Neruda Poems about Ship Figureheads \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Appendix B: Two Other Figureheads in Chile \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Notes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523184488728,"sku":"9780817362157","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/pablo-nerudas-ship-figureheads-a-poet-collectors-muses-and-companions-paperback-softback-9780817362157","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}