Nov 16, 2009

The Bow and the Lyre | The Bow and the Lyre

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Author: Octavio Paz
First Published: 1956
Type of Work: Literary criticism
Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Language or languages, Literature, Education or educators, Poetry or poets, Creative process, Learning or scholarship

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The Bow and the Lyre is Octavio Paz’s diffuse theory of poetry, which sprang indirectly from his involvement with French and Spanish Surrealists during the years 1937-1942. It is a far-ranging work which deals with fundamental questions such as the differences between poetry and prose and between poetry and poem, the nature of inspiration (and the question of its existence), the relationship of poetry and history, and by extension of the epic and the modern novel. Though it addresses the same concerns that Andre Breton considers in Manifeste du...

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The Bow and the Lyre | The Bow and the Lyre

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