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

ISBN-13: 9781906540432 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 244 str.

Tom Boll

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Introduction Part I: Mexican Contexts 1. Eliot in Spanish 2. Precursors and Contemporaries Part II: Me acompaña, me intriga, me irrita, me conmueve 3. ¿Arte de tesis o arte puro? 4. Two Excursions 5. Taller 6. North America 7. Surrealism 8. Conclusion

O autorze

Tom Boll