New Criterion, February 1st, 2001
Octavio Paz Itinerary: An Intellectual Journey, translated by Jason Wilson. Harcourt Brace, 128 pages, $22
How would the reading public react if a beloved, widely read American author--a poetic commentator on art, love, and history, with a world reputation and a Nobel Prize--were to publish a long apologetical essay ascribing virtually all of his creative inspiration to the successful struggle of the free world against Communism?
It is hard to imagine so versatile a writer in America today. But even if our culture boasted such a figure, it is even more difficult to conceive of such an essa...
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