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  • Chapter 9 - The Great Synthesis of the Critical Poets: The Rise of Octavio Paz

  • Edited by José Ramón Ruisánchez Serra, University of Houston, Anna M. Nogar, Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado
  • Book:
    A History of Mexican Poetry
    Published online:
    21 March 2024
    Print publication:
    21 March 2024, pp 160-180

  • Summary

    In the wake of the Mexican Revolution and its long aftermath, a distinguished lineage of Mexican poets that were also – and perhaps more importantly – outstandingly gifted essayists, made a sustained effort to reconstitute a national tradition fully inserted in Occidentalism. This chapter examines this great synthesis of the critical poets, beginning with Alfonso Reyes, followed by the Contemporáneos group, and arriving at the major accomplishments of Octavio Paz. The chapter focuses on Paz, establishing the different sources of his ideas on critical poetry and then examining some of his most significant compositions in this vein, with a particular focus on “Himno entre ruinas.”