The Writing in the Stars: A Jungian Reading of the Poetry of Octavio Paz (University of Toronto Romance Series) - Hardcover

Williamson, Rodney

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802090842 ISBN 13: 9780802090843

Verlag: University of Toronto Press, 2007

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Born in Mexico City in 1914, writer, poet, and diplomat Octavio Paz won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990, eight years before his death in 1998. The Writing in the Stars explores Paz's life and ideas by establishing a dialogue between the structure and recurring images of his major poems and the ideas of Carl Jung.

Although other literary critics have pointed to Jungian concepts in Paz, a comprehensive study on the subject has yet to be undertaken. Rodney Williamson takes up this challenge, adopting a Jungian perspective to explore successive phases of Paz's poetry. Williamson illustrates how archetypal images infuse Paz's early poetry and his surrealist period and shows how the circular structure of Paz's longer poems, such as 'Piedra de sol' and 'Blanco,' are based on the Eastern sacred circle or mandala, a major archetype of psychic wholeness in Jung. He argues that a grasp of the psychological importance of Jung's archetypes is essential to understanding the various syntheses of creative truth and existence sought by Paz at different defining moments of his career as a poet. The Writing in the Stars will prove fascinating to anyone interested in Latin-American literature, Jungian psychology, or critical theory.

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Rodney Williamson is a professor in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Ottawa.

Rodney Williamson is a professor in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Ottawa.

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'Drawing on his considerable knowledge of Jung's works, Rodney Williamson illuminates the mythical and symbolic elements of the poetry of Octavio Paz, offering a fresh and valuable interpretation of Paz's complex poetic creation. "The Writing in the Stars" stands out from other studies in being the first thorough-going Jungian study of Paz's oeuvre.'-Anthony Percival, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Toronto

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0802090842
• ISBN 13: 9780802090843
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
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