The Double Flame
Essays on Love & Eroticism
Published on 8. June 2011
256 pages
978-1-4464-7701-4 (ISBN)
Description
A discourse on the connection between sex, eroticism and love in literature by the Nobel Prize-winning poet and essayist.
Reviews / Votes
Octavio Paz is one of the great European cultural icons of the 20th century before whom we all perforce bow down and worship. -- Richard Gott * Guardian *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
File size
0,26 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4464-7701-4 (9781446477014)
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Person
The celebrated poet and essayist, Octavio Paz was born in 1914 in Mexico City. Paz began to write at an early age, and in 1937, travelled to Valencia, Spain, to participate in the Second International Congress of Anti-Fascist Writers. His illustrious career led to him being awarded the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature. He died in 1998.
