āThe growth of the work of Octavio Paz,ā writes Muriel Rukeyser in her preface to this bilingual selection of the Mexican poetāsĀ Early Poems, āhas made clear to an audience in many languages what was evident from the beginning ā¦ he is a great poet, a world-poet whom we need. The poems here speakāāas does all his work sinceāādeeply, erotically, with grave and passionate involvement.ā In this, a much revised edition of the earlierĀ Selected PoemsĀ (Indiana University Press, 1963), Miss Rukeyser has joined to her own translations those of Paul Blackburn, Lysander Kemp, Denise Levertov, and William Carlos Williams, while many of the readings embody Pazās own revisions of the original texts. The poems were chosen from eight separate collections, among themĀ CondiciĆ³n de nubeĀ (āPhase of Cloudā),Ā Semillas para un himnoĀ (āSeeds for a Psalmā),Ā Piedras sueltasĀ (āRiprapā), andĀ EstaciĆ³n violentaĀ (āViolent Seasonā).
This book title, Early Poems 1935-1955, ISBN: 9780811204781, by Octavio Paz, Muriel Rukeyser, published by New Directions (January 17, 1973) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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