| The Double Flame: Love and Eroticism Contributor(s): Paz, Octavio (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156003651 ISBN-13: 9780156003650 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1996 Annotation: "Brimming with insight, thoughtfulness, and sincerity . . . a poetic road map to the past, present, and future of love" is how Kirkus Reviews praised The Double Flame, Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz's exploration of the intimate connection between sex, eroticism, and love. Illuminating and provocative, these essays examine everything from taboo to repression, providing an accessible, engaging discourse on what Paz calls our "share of paradise". |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 809.933 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.5 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 Double Flame examines everything from taboo to repression, Carnival to Lent, Sade to Freud, original sin to artificial intelligence. "Brimming with insight, thoughtfulness, and sincerity" (Kirkus Reviews). Translated by Helen Lane. |
Contributor Bio(s): Paz, Octavio: - Octavio Paz was born in 1914 and died in 1998. The author of eighteen books, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990. |