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A draft of shadows, and other poems

Title
A draft of shadows, and other poems / Octavio Paz ; edited and translated from the Spanish by Eliot Weinberger, with translations by Elizabeth Bishop and Mark Strand.
Author
Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998
Publication
New York : New Directions, ©1979.

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Additional Authors
  • Weinberger, Eliot
  • Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979
  • Strand, Mark, 1934-2014
  • Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
  • Breslin, Denise
  • New Directions Publishing, publisher.
  • Murray Printing Company, printer.
  • James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
  • Dedalus Foundation, donor NN
Description
186 pages; 21 cm.
Summary
A collection of poems by Mexican poet and essayist Octavio Paz, presented in Spanish and in English.
Series Statement
New Directions paperbook ; NDP489
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Poetry.
  • Translations.
  • Dust jackets – New York (State) – New York – 1979.
Note
  • English and Spanish.
  • "A New Directions book" -- title page.
  • "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.
Indexed In (note)
  • Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin
Source (note)
  • of the Dedalus Foundation;
Language (note)
  • In Spanish and English.
Binding (note)
  • bound in publishers' red cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Denise Breslin.
  • bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Denise Breslin.
Processing Action (note)
  • Preserved
Contents
from Ladera Este = East Slope -- El otro = The other -- Efectos del bautismo = The effects of baptism -- Golden Lotuses (3) = Golden lotuses (3) -- Madrugada al raso = Daybreak -- Himachal Pradesh (I) = Himachal Pradesh (I) -- La exclamacion = Exclamation -- Projimo lijano = Distant neighbor -- Escritura = Writing -- Concorde = Concord -- Soltura = Release -- Concierto en el jardin = Concert in the garden -- Sunyata = Sunyata -- Un anochecer = Nightfall -- En los jardines de los Lodi = In the Lodi gardens -- Madrigal = Madrigal -- La llave de agua = The key of water -- Eje = Axis -- Con los ojos cerrados = With eyes closed -- Domingo en la isla de Elefanta = Sunday on the island of Elephanta -- Cuento de dos jardines = A tale of two gardens -- from Vuelta = Return -- El fuego de cada dia = The everyday fire -- Por la calle de Galeana = Along Galeana Street -- La arboleda = The grove -- Paisaje inmemorial = Immemorial landscape -- Vuelta = Return -- Piel/sonido del mundo = "The skin of the world, the sound of the world" -- A la mitad de esta frase ... = In the middle of this phrase ... -- Piedra blanca y negra = Black and white stone -- Objetos y aparicones = Objects & apparitions -- Trowbridge Street = Trowbridge Street -- Petrificada petrificante = The petrifying petrified -- Nocturno de San Ildefonso = San Ildefonso nocturne -- New And Uncollected Poems -- Homenaje a Claudio Ptolomeo = Homage to Claudius Ptolemy -- Estrellas y grillo = Stars and cricket -- Primero de enero = January First -- En defensa de Pirron = In defense of Pyrrho -- La vista, el tacto = Sight, touch -- Entre irse y quedarse = Between leaving and staying -- Un despertar = Waking -- Pequena variacion = Small variation -- Viento, agua, piedra = Wind and water and stone -- La llama, el habla = Flame, speech -- Ejercicio preparatorio = Preparatory exercise -- Epitafio sobre ninguna piedra = Epitaph for no stone -- Este lado = This side.
Call Number
JFD 80-6969
ISBN
  • 0811207374
  • 9780811207379
LCCN
79015588
OCLC
5029055
Author
Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998, author.
Title
A draft of shadows, and other poems / Octavio Paz ; edited and translated from the Spanish by Eliot Weinberger, with translations by Elizabeth Bishop and Mark Strand.
Imprint
New York : New Directions, ©1979.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
New Directions paperbook ; NDP489
Indexed In:
Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 99
Language
In Spanish and English.
Binding
Copy in Berg Coll 22-1480 bound in publishers' red cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Denise Breslin. NN
Copy in Berg Coll 22-1481 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Denise Breslin. NN
Local Note
Copy in Berg Coll 22-1480, 22-1481 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.
Copy in ReCAP 24-4298 inscribed.
Source
Gift; of the Dedalus Foundation; 2024. NN
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Weinberger, Eliot, editor, translator.
Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979, translator.
Strand, Mark, 1934-2014, translator.
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.
Breslin, Denise, cover designer, bookjacket designer.
New Directions Publishing, publisher.
Murray Printing Company, printer.
Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.
Javitch, Daniel, donor.
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.
James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
Dedalus Foundation, donor NN
Research Call Number
Berg Coll 22-1480
Berg Coll 22-1481
JFD 80-6969
ReCAP 24-4298
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