1st Edition

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

By Tom Boll Copyright 2012
    244 Pages
    by Routledge

    244 Pages
    by Routledge

    This study traces the history of Octavio Paz's engagement with T. S. Eliot in Latin American and Spanish periodicals of the 1930s and 1940s. It establishes the Mexican context, or horizon of expectations, in which the earliest translations of Eliot appeared.

    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

    Biography

    Tom Boll