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Octavio Paz presents his sustained reflections on the poetic phenomenon and on the place of poetry in history and in our personal lives.

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...it is a book so timeless and so profound that it will always be new.... it is unquestionably one of the strongest and most eloquent diaries of the poetic process in our century. * New York Times Book Review *

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

The Bow and the Lyre The Poem The Poetic

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    A Paperback / softback by Octavio Paz, Ruth L.C. Simms

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/1973
      ISBN13: 9780292707641, 978-0292707641
      ISBN10: 0292707649
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Octavio Paz presents his sustained reflections on the poetic phenomenon and on the place of poetry in history and in our personal lives.

      Trade Review
      ...it is a book so timeless and so profound that it will always be new.... it is unquestionably one of the strongest and most eloquent diaries of the poetic process in our century. * New York Times Book Review *

      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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