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The Double Flame: Love and Eroticism

by Octavio Paz

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Publisher Comments:

"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".

Synopsis:

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.

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About the Author

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.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780156003650
Translator:
Lane, Helen
Author:
Lane, Helen
Author:
Paz, Octavio
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Erotic literature
Subject:
Sex in literature
Subject:
Love in literature
Subject:
Erotic literature -- History and criticism.
Subject:
Anthologies-Essays
Copyright:
1996
Edition Number:
1st Harvest ed.
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
19960631
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
7.5 x 5.25 in 0.63 lb
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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.
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