Arco y la Lira

Name: Arco y la Lira
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ISBN: 9780292707641

ISBN-10: 0292707649

ISBN-13: 9780292707641

Edition: 1973 (Reprint)

Authors: Octavio Paz, Ruth L. C. Simms

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In The Bow and the LyreOctavio Paz, one of the most important poets writing in Spanish, presents his sustained reflections on the poetic phenomenon and on the place of poetry in history and in our personal lives. It is written in the same prose style that distinguishes The Labyrinth of Solitude. The Bow and the Lyrewill serve as an important complement to Paz's poetry.Paz's discussions of the different aspects of the poetic phenomenon are not limited to Spanish and Spanish American literature. He is almost as apt to choose an example from Homer, Vergil, Blake, Whitman, Rimbaud as he is from Lope de Vega, Jiménez, Darío, Neruda. In writing these essays, he draws on his vast storehouse of…

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 1973
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 1/1/1973
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 294
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English