Roberto Sanchez Benitez is professor-researcher at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez

Sa´nchez Beni´tez primarily explores the influences on Paz’s literary production from the early 20th century cultural movement of surrealism and Western philosophical readings from such authors as André Breton, Martin Heidegger, and John-Paul Sartre, among others. In addition, the author analyzes the changes in Paz's works that occurred due to his life experiences in India and exposure to Eastern philosophies. Sa´nchez Beni´tez guides the reader through a revealing and comprehensive inquiry, incorporating these and other influences on Octavio Paz and his ideas of what poetry is, its purpose, and how it relates to life and the human experience. Recommended.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Poetics in ModernityChapter 2: Erotic MetaphysicsChapter 3: Magnetic FieldsChapter 4: The Writing on DesireReferencesAbout the Author

Roberto Sanchez Benitez is professor-researcher at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez

Sa´nchez Beni´tez primarily explores the influences on Paz’s literary production from the early 20th century cultural movement of surrealism and Western philosophical readings from such authors as André Breton, Martin Heidegger, and John-Paul Sartre, among others. In addition, the author analyzes the changes in Paz's works that occurred due to his life experiences in India and exposure to Eastern philosophies. Sa´nchez Beni´tez guides the reader through a revealing and comprehensive inquiry, incorporating these and other influences on Octavio Paz and his ideas of what poetry is, its purpose, and how it relates to life and the human experience. Recommended.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Poetics in ModernityChapter 2: Erotic MetaphysicsChapter 3: Magnetic FieldsChapter 4: The Writing on DesireReferencesAbout the Author

Roberto Sanchez Benitez is professor-researcher at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez

Sa´nchez Beni´tez primarily explores the influences on Paz’s literary production from the early 20th century cultural movement of surrealism and Western philosophical readings from such authors as André Breton, Martin Heidegger, and John-Paul Sartre, among others. In addition, the author analyzes the changes in Paz's works that occurred due to his life experiences in India and exposure to Eastern philosophies. Sa´nchez Beni´tez guides the reader through a revealing and comprehensive inquiry, incorporating these and other influences on Octavio Paz and his ideas of what poetry is, its purpose, and how it relates to life and the human experience. Recommended.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Poetics in ModernityChapter 2: Erotic MetaphysicsChapter 3: Magnetic FieldsChapter 4: The Writing on DesireReferencesAbout the Author