Octavio Paz and T. S. Eliot Modern Poetry and the Translation of Influence

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Synopsis

"When the sixteen-year-old Octavio Paz (1914-1998) discovered The Waste Land in Spanish translation, it 'opened the doors of modern poetry'. The influence of T S Eliot would accompany Paz throughout his career, defining many of his key poems and pronouncements. Yet Paz's attitude towards his precursor was ambivalent. Boll's study is the first to trace the history of Paz's engagement with Eliot in Latin American and Spanish periodicals of the 1930s and 40s. It reveals the fault lines that run through the work of the dominant figure in recent Mexican letters. By positioning Eliot in a Latin American context, it also offers new perspectives on one of the capital figures of Anglo-American modernism."

Book details

Author:
Tom Boll
ISBN:
9781351193931
Related ISBNs:
9781351193955, 9781906540432, 9780367602857
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
244
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2023-09-26
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2012
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Language Arts, Literature and Fiction