{"product_id":"toward-octavio-paz-a-reading-of-his-major-poems-1957-1976-paperback","title":"Toward Octavio Paz: A Reading of His Major Poems, 1957-1976 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn M. Fein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 the halves of his writing is a concern for language in general and for the poetic process in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eToward Octavio Paz\u003c\/i\u003e defines this process of creation through a close examination of the books that represent the summit of the poet's development, three long poems and three collections. It is intended for readers of varied poetic experience who are approaching Paz's work for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy studying the relationship of the parts of the poem, particularly structure and theme, Fein traces the poet's growth through approaches to the reader, each embodied in a separate work. From the divided circularity of Piedra de sol through the intensification of the subject of \u003ci\u003eSalamandra\u003c\/i\u003e, the multiple meanings of \u003ci\u003eBlanco\u003c\/i\u003e, the polarities of \u003ci\u003eLadera este\u003c\/i\u003e, and the literary solipsism of \u003ci\u003ePasado en claro\u003c\/i\u003e, to the silences of\u003ci\u003e Vuelta\u003c\/i\u003e, Paz has shaped his audience's responses to his work through suggestion rather than control. The result is not only a new poetry but a new receptivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn M. Fein\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of Romance languages at Duke University, is the author of \u003ci\u003eModemismo in Chilean Literature: The Second Period\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50321472553197,"sku":"9780813152462","price":34.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/XjCAYkTjdG9780813152462.webp?v=1784794663","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/toward-octavio-paz-a-reading-of-his-major-poems-1957-1976-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}