Convergences - Essays on Art and Literature

Engrossing essays that reflect the author's vast and subtle knowledge of the world. Topics range from the religious rites of the Aztecs to modern american painting, from Eastern art and religion to love and eroticism. Translated by Helen Lane.

A propos de l'auteur

Octavio Paz was born in 1914 and died in 1998. The author of eighteen books, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990.

Résumé

Engrossing essays that reflect the author’s vast and subtle knowledge of the world. Topics range from the religious rites of the Aztecs to modern american painting, from Eastern art and religion to love and eroticism. Translated by Helen Lane.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: PAZ, Octavio Paz
• Collaboration: Helen R Lane (Traduction), Helen R. Lane (Traduction)
• Edition: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.06.1991
• EAN: 9780156225861
• ISBN: 978-0-15-622586-1
• Pages: 320
• Poids: 4531 g
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; Caribbean islands, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Diaries, letters and journals, Speeches, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Medieval style, literary collection;essays, RELIGION: Comparative Religion, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Letters, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Speeches, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Diaries & Journals, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Medieval, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Subjects & Themes / General, literary collection;essays;essays;literary;essay;collection, literary collection;essays;1990;1991;1992