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The Other Voice: Essays on Modern Poetry

by Octavio Paz · 1990

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In seven elegant essays that range across centuries and literatures, Paz offers his thoughts on how modern poetry came to be, what makes it "modern," and what it may become. Translated by Helen Lane.

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literary criticismliterary criticismMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 180 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of thisessaysessaysMore like thisLess of this

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