The Other Voice: Essays on Modern Poetry
by Octavio Paz
translated by Helen Lane
In seven elegant and erudite essays that range across centuries and literatures, the 1990 Nobel Laureate tells how modern poetry came to be, shows what makes it modern, and speculates on what it may become, Paz gives a summary of the past, a glimpse into the future. He explains Romanticism, Symbolism, Surrealism; what an epic poem is, what allegory is. With grace and authority he compares Mallarme and Walt Whitman, scolds American literary critics for being Anglocentric, discusses the impact of modern physics on poets, the influence of politics and religion, the challenge of television. He analyzes the publishing industry and the literary marketplace. He extols poetry's humanizing, healing force.
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Condition: Good
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Publication Date: 1991
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780151704491
by Octavio Paz
translated by Helen Lane
In seven elegant and erudite essays that range across centuries and literatures, the 1990 Nobel Laureate tells how modern poetry came to be, shows what makes it modern, and speculates on what it may become, Paz gives a summary of the past, a glimpse into the future. He explains Romanticism, Symbolism, Surrealism; what an epic poem is, what allegory is. With grace and authority he compares Mallarme and Walt Whitman, scolds American literary critics for being Anglocentric, discusses the impact of modern physics on poets, the influence of politics and religion, the challenge of television. He analyzes the publishing industry and the literary marketplace. He extols poetry's humanizing, healing force.
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Condition: Good
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Publication Date: 1991
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780151704491
by Octavio Paz
translated by Helen Lane
In seven elegant and erudite essays that range across centuries and literatures, the 1990 Nobel Laureate tells how modern poetry came to be, shows what makes it modern, and speculates on what it may become, Paz gives a summary of the past, a glimpse into the future. He explains Romanticism, Symbolism, Surrealism; what an epic poem is, what allegory is. With grace and authority he compares Mallarme and Walt Whitman, scolds American literary critics for being Anglocentric, discusses the impact of modern physics on poets, the influence of politics and religion, the challenge of television. He analyzes the publishing industry and the literary marketplace. He extols poetry's humanizing, healing force.
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Condition: Good
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Publication Date: 1991
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780151704491