The siren & the seashell : and other essays on poets and poetry
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The siren & the seashell : and other essays on poets and poetry
（The Texas Pan American series）
University of Texas Press, c1976
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780292707641
Description
In The Bow and the Lyre Octavio 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 Lyre will 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, Jimenez, Dario, Neruda. In writing these essays, he draws on his vast storehouse of knowledge, revealing a world outlook of ample proportions. In reading these essays, we share the observations of a searching, original, highly cultivated mind.
Table of Contents
Foreword to the First Edition
Foreword to the Second Edition
Introduction
1. Poetry and Poem
The Poem
2. Language
3. Rhythm
4. Verse and Prose
5. The Image
The Poetic Revelation
6. The Other Shore
7. The Poetic Revelation
8. Inspiration
Poetry and History
9. The Consecration of the Instant
10. The Heroic World
11. Ambiguity of the Novel
12. The Discarnate Word
Epilogue
13. Signs in Rotation
Appendices
I. Poetry, Society, State
II. Poetry and Respiration
III. Whitman, Poet of America
Index
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Description
Octavio Paz has long been known for his brilliant essays as well as for his poetry. Through the essays, he has sought to confront the tensions inherent in the conflict between art and society and to achieve a unity of their polarities. The Siren and the Seashell is a collection of Paz's essays, focusing on individual poets and on poetry in general. The first five poets he treats are Latin American: Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Ruben Dario, Jose Juan Tablada, Ramon Lopez Velarde, and Alfonso Reyes. Then there are essays on Robert Frost, e. e. cummings, Saint-John Perse, Antonio Machado, and Jorge Guillen. Finally, there are Paz's reflections on the poetry of solitude and communion and the literature of Latin America. Each essay is more than Paz's impressions of one person or issue; each is the occasion for a wider discussion of cultural, historical, psychological, and philosophical themes. The essays were selected from Paz's writing between 1942 and 1965 and provide an overview of the development of his thinking and an exploration of the ideas central in his works.
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Editor's Note
I. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Ruben Dario, Jose Juan Tablada, Ramon Lopez Velarde, Alfonso Reyes
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
The Siren and the Seashell
Jose Juan Tablada
The Road of Passion
The Rider of the Air
II. Robert Frost, E. E. Cummings, Saint-John Perse, Antonio Machado, Jorge Guillen
Visit to a Poet
E. E. Cummings
A Modern Hymn
Antonio Machado
Jorge Guillen
III. Poetry of Solitude and Poetry of Communion and A Literature of Foundations
Poetry of Solitude and Poetry of Communion
A Literature of Foundations
Index
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