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72 ratings, 4.17 average rating, 7 reviews
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published
June 1996
by Harcourt
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Paperback
isbn
0614976480
(isbn13: 9780614976489)
description
In this series of essays Paz explores the intimate connection between sex, eroticism, and love in literature throughout the ages. Rich in scope, The D...more
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Read in November, 2007
Reading this book reminded me of why I rarely read prose essays for pleasure: I was rather annoyed by the repetitiveness and meandering wordiness of the writing style. In this book, Nobel-winning poet Paz discusses three concepts that commonly get mixed-up in the public consciousness: sex, eroticism, and love. According to Paz, many species of animals practice sex, but human beings are the only species that practices eroticism because we are the only species endowed with imagination. Paz de...more
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Read in April, 2008
Sometimes I think of these updates as a way of being held accountable to my own readerly ambitions...so that if I announce to all these people that I'm reading a big ol' book, I might actually finish it. It's like quitting smoking or kicking meth. Anyway. The first five pages of this book were, like, super hot. When I finished them, I vacuumed my floor and updated my goodreads shelves. And now! Back to it!
It guide me through the history of "our share of paradise", as Paz liked to call love. Sex, eroticism, and love all together: sex the original fire, raises the red flame of eroticism giving place and feeding the tremulous and blue flame of love...
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Read in December, 2006
everyone wanting a deeper historical view and more viewpoints on the subject of love, eroticism, and the difference between those two very fluid ideas, read!!!
Also, read Octavio Paz's poetry. Now!
Also, read Octavio Paz's poetry. Now!
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Excellent material for a Humanities major, the breadth of which is remarkable.
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Read in January, 2002
recommends it for:
the lyrical
Brilliant prose in this collection of essays. I will read this again very soon.
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thus far this book is completely wonderful...
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