Convergences by Octavio Paz

Convergences by Octavio Paz

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These 16 essays on art and literature cover a wide range of topics such as painting, the religious rites of the Aztecs, linguistics, Marxism and poetry. The author also explores the meaning of modernism and gnosticism.

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Convergences by Octavio Paz

These sixteen essays on art and literature cover a wide range of topics including American painting, the religious rites of the Aztecs, Marxism, linguistics and Picasso. He penetrates the meaning of modernism, gnosticism and the effect of Edith Piaf on pygmies. Also analyzed is American "cuisine", tantric Buddhism, the notion of nationhood, some haikus and manners good and bad. The author, as a poet, also considers his colleagues: Valery, Vasconcelos, Pound, Wallace, Stevens, Borges, Goethe, Sartre and Gide, amongst others. The work is presented here in translation from the author's original version. By the same author: "The Labyrinth of Solitude".
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ISBN 13 9780747509196
ISBN 10 0747509190
Title Convergences
Author Octavio Paz
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1990-11-15
Number of pages 320
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