Understanding Octavio Paz
Title | Understanding Octavio Paz PDF eBook |
Author | Jose Quiroga |
Publisher | Univ of South Carolina Press |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781570032639 |
In this comprehensive examination of the work of Octavio Paz - winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature and Mexico's important literary and cultural figure - Jose Quiroga presents an analysis of Paz's writings in light of works by and about him. Combining broad erudition with scholarly attention to detail, Quiroga views Paz's work as an open narrative that explores the relationships between the poet, his readers and his time.
The Labyrinth of Solitude
Title | The Labyrinth of Solitude PDF eBook |
Author | Octavio Paz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | Mexico |
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The Labyrinth of Solitude ; The Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre
Title | The Labyrinth of Solitude ; The Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre PDF eBook |
Author | Octavio Paz |
Publisher | Grove Press |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780802150424 |
First pub. 1950. Tale of the conquered of Mexico in 1521 and its aftermath.
Death by Food Pyramid
Title | Death by Food Pyramid PDF eBook |
Author | Denise Minger |
Publisher | Bradventures LLC |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 2014-01-01 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN |
Warning: Shock and outrage will grip you as you dive into this one-of-a-kind exposé. Shoddy science, sketchy politics, and shady special interests have shaped American Dietary recommendations--and destroyed our nation's health--over recent decades. The phrase "death by food pyramid" isn't shock-value sensationalism, but the tragic consequence of following federal advice and corporate manipulation in pursuit of health. In Death by Food Pyramid, Denise Minger exposes the forces that overrode common sense and solid science to launch a pyramid phenomenon that bled far beyond US borders to taint the eating habits of the entire developed world. Minger explores how generations of flawed pyramids and plates endure as part of the national consciousness, and how the "one size fits all" diet mentality these icons convey pushes us deeper into the throes of obesity and disease. Regardless of whether you're an omnivore or vegan, research junkie or science-phobe, health novice or seasoned dieter, Death by Food Pyramid will reframe your understanding of nutrition science--and inspire you to take your health, and your future, into your own hands.
A Luis Leal Reader
Title | A Luis Leal Reader PDF eBook |
Author | Luis Leal |
Publisher | Northwestern University Press |
Pages | 480 |
Release | 2007-09-11 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0810124181 |
Since his first publication in 1942, Luis Leal has likely done more than any other writer or scholar to foster a critical appreciation of Mexican, Chicano, and Latin American literature and culture. This volume, bringing together a representative selection of Leal’s writings from the past sixty years, is at once a wide-ranging introduction to the most influential scholar of Latino literature and a critical history of the field as it emerged and developed through the twentieth century. Instrumental in establishing Mexican literary studies in the United States, Leal’s writings on the topic are especially instructive, ranging from essays on the significance of symbolism, culture, and history in early Chicano literature to studies of the more recent use of magical realism and of individual New Mexican, Tejano, and Mexican authors such as Juan Rulfo, Carlos Fuentes, José Montoya, and Mariano Azuela. Clearly and cogently written, these writings bring to bear an encyclopedic knowledge, a deep understanding of history and politics, and an unparalleled command of the aesthetics of storytelling, from folklore to theory. This collection affords readers the opportunity to consider—or reconsider—Latino literature under the deft guidance of its greatest reader.
Alternating Current
Title | Alternating Current PDF eBook |
Author | Octavio Paz |
Publisher | Skyhorse |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 2011-09-15 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 1628721685 |
In its front-page review of Alternating Current, The New York Times Book Review called Octavio Paz “an intellectual literary one-man band” for his ability to write incisively and with dazzling originality about a wide range of subjects. This collection of his essays is divided into three parts. Part 1 sets forth his credo as an artist and poet, steeped in his knowledge of world literature and Mexican art and history and buttressed by readings of writers from Mexican poet Luis Cernuda to D. H. Lawrence, Malcolm Lowry, André Breton, and Carlos Fuentes. Part 2 deals with themes such as Western individualism versus plurality and flux in Eastern philosophy, atheism versus belief, nihilism, liberated man, and versions of paradise. In Part 3, Paz writes of politics and ethics in essays on revolt and revolution, existentialism, Marxism, the third world, and the new face of Latin America. A scintillating thinker and a prescient voice on emerging world culture, Paz reveals himself here as “a man of electrical passions, paradoxical visions, alternating currents of thoughts, and feeling that runs hot but never cold” (Christian Science Monitor).
The Other Mexico: Critique of the Pyramid
Title | The Other Mexico: Critique of the Pyramid PDF eBook |
Author | Octavio Paz |
Publisher | New York : Grove Press |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 1972-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780394177731 |
Examines the historical development of the character and culture of modern Mexico, paying special attention to recent political unrest