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Toward Octavio Paz: A Reading of His Major Poems, 1957-1976 by John M. Fein (review)

Toward Octavio Paz: A Reading of His Major Poems, 1957-1976 by John M. Fein (review) Book Reviews249 British productions -- 1886, 1920-21, 1959, 1985 -- and in 1935 a stunning adaptation by Charles Artaud for his Theatre of Cruelty. Observing the trend in the theatre, from Ibsen and Strindberg through Beckett and Pinter, to dramatize the inward-turning mind, Cave concludes that Coleridge, Shelley, and especially Byron anticipate this tradition and would find both sensitive interpretation and receptive audiences in the studio theatres of today. FREDERICK BURWICK University of California, Los Angeles JOHN M. FEIN. Toward Octavio Paz: A Reading ofHis Major Poems, 1957-1976. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1986. 190 p. Octavio Paz has declared, "Poems cannot be explained or interpreted; in them the sign stops signifying: it is." Nevertheless, John M. Fein's reading of his major poems exposes rigorous and thorough stylistic analyses, unfailing in their intention to highlight the multiple latent potentialities for interpretation of works which do not yield definitive connotations. The monograph is an engaging study of six poetry books, Piedra de sol, Salamandra, Blanco, Ladera este, Pasado en claro, and Vuelta. Fein divides his study into eight chapters. The first presents the author's basic strategy: to observe the interrelationship of the segments of the poem, such as structure http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association

Toward Octavio Paz: A Reading of His Major Poems, 1957-1976 by John M. Fein (review)

Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature , Volume 41 (4) – Jan 6, 1987

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Book Reviews249 British productions -- 1886, 1920-21, 1959, 1985 -- and in 1935 a stunning adaptation by Charles Artaud for his Theatre of Cruelty. Observing the trend in the theatre, from Ibsen and Strindberg through Beckett and Pinter, to dramatize the inward-turning mind, Cave concludes that Coleridge, Shelley, and especially Byron anticipate this tradition and would find both sensitive interpretation and receptive audiences in the studio theatres of today. FREDERICK BURWICK University of California, Los Angeles JOHN M. FEIN. Toward Octavio Paz: A Reading ofHis Major Poems, 1957-1976. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1986. 190 p. Octavio Paz has declared, "Poems cannot be explained or interpreted; in them the sign stops signifying: it is." Nevertheless, John M. Fein's reading of his major poems exposes rigorous and thorough stylistic analyses, unfailing in their intention to highlight the multiple latent potentialities for interpretation of works which do not yield definitive connotations. The monograph is an engaging study of six poetry books, Piedra de sol, Salamandra, Blanco, Ladera este, Pasado en claro, and Vuelta. Fein divides his study into eight chapters. The first presents the author's basic strategy: to observe the interrelationship of the segments of the poem, such as structure

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Published: Jan 6, 1987

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