Toward Octavio Paz : a reading of his major poems, 1957-1976 / John M. Fein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fein, John M., 1922-2015, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998--Criticism and interpretation.

Paz, Octavio.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Octavio Paz.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The undisputed intellectual leadership of Octavio Paz, not only in Mexico but throughout Spanish America, rests on achievements in the essay and in poetry. In the field of the essay, he is the author of more than twenty-five books on subjects whose diversity -- esthetics, politics, surrealist art, the Mexican character, cultural anthropology, and Eastern philosophy, to cite only a few -- is dazzling. In poetry, his creativity has increased in vigor over more than fifty years as he has explored the numerous possibilities open to Hispanic poets from many different sources. The bridge that joins

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Texts; 1. Introduction; 2. Piedra de sol: The Divided Circle; 3. Salamandra: The Subject Itself; 4. Blanco: Multiple Meanings; 5. Ladera este: Polarities; 6. Pasado en claro: The Poem Itself; 7. Vuelta: Toward Silence; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813186146

0813186145

9780813162973

0813162971

OCLC:

900345083