{"product_id":"the-siren-and-the-seashell-and-other-essays-on-poets-and-poetry-9780292776524","title":"The Siren and the Seashell  And Other Essays on","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA collection of a major Mexican writer's essays, focusing on individual poets and on poetry in general.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOctavio Paz is a living incarnation of those tensions in modern poetry between human commitment and aesthetic concern, a dialectic that is fundamental to the art of all nations. And his poetics is important, for it places the poet at the heart of modern life, singing his solitary song in company with the massed voices of human solitude. In his view, the poet does not speak the language of society but turns away from it, gaining strength in exile. * Hudson Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Editor’s Note \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Rubén Darío, José Juan Tablada, Ramón López Velarde, Alfonso Reyes \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Siren and the Seashell \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e José Juan Tablada \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Road of Passion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Rider of the Air \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e II. Robert Frost, E. E. Cummings, Saint-John Perse, Antonio Machado, Jorge Guillén \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Visit to a Poet \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e E. E. Cummings \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Modern Hymn \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Antonio Machado \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Jorge Guillen \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e III. Poetry of Solitude and Poetry of Communion and A Literature of Foundations \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Poetry of Solitude and Poetry of Communion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Literature of Foundations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MU - University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359007375703,"sku":"9780292776524","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292776524.jpg?v=1754123197","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-siren-and-the-seashell-and-other-essays-on-poets-and-poetry-9780292776524","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}