Alternating Current

225 Pages·1990·3.35 MB·English

by  Paz Octavio

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Contents
1
What DoePso etrNya me?3
Form andM eanin6g
Homagteo Aes6o p
LanguaagnedA bstractio6n
A Peruvian Painter 8
NotesL oarn e alyie dadelds eo9
Landscaapned th e NovienMl e xico1 4
Metamorpho1s6i s
InventiUonnd,e rdeveloMpomdeenrtn,i 1t7y
The Se2e2d
Primitiveasn dB arbari2a5n s
NaturAeb,s traction,2 8T ime
FiguarnedP resen3c1e
The NeAwco lyt3e3s
OnC ritic3i5s m
Mask andT ranspare4n0c y
Remedios AVparpoe'asr aanncdeD si sappeara4n5c es
Andre Bretoornt he Quoefths etB eginning 47
The VerbPaalc atn dC orresponde5n9c e
Recapitula6t5i ons
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KnowledgDeru,g sI,n spira7t3i on
Henri Mic7h8a ux
GracAes,c eticMiesrmi,t8 s5
Paradisegso
TheM etamorphoosfSe tso neg z
TheS ymposiaunmdt heH ermit 95
Buii.uelP'hsi losopChiinceamla1 04
Formso fA theis1m1 0
Nihilism andD ialecti1c1s6
Persaonnd P rinci1p2le2
The LiberaMtane da nLdi berat1o31r s
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RevolRte,v olutiRoenb,e llio13n9
TheV erbal Round 145
TheC itMyo usaen dt heC ountMroyu se1 50
The Channel aSnidgn st1 h5e4
Satieatnyd N ausea1 60
The TFwoorm so f Reas1o6n4
The Excetpott ihoen Ru1l6e9
TheR uleosft hEe xcepti1o7n4
TheE ndi nt heB eginni1n7g8
A Form inS earocfhI tse1l8f6
Revol1t9 2
Index2 05
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