Background
Fein, John Morton was born on December 23, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Louis Julius and Lola (Dubin) Fein.
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Toward Octavio Paz: A Reading of His Major Poems, 1957–1976
(The undisputed intellectual leadership of Octavio Paz, no...)
The undisputed intellectual leadership of Octavio Paz, not only in Mexico but throughout Spanish America, rests on achievements in the essay and in poetry. In the field of the essay, he is the author of more than twenty-five books on subjects whose diversity―esthetics, politics, surrealist art, the Mexican character, cultural anthropology, and Eastern philosophy, to cite only a few―is dazzling. In poetry, his creativity has increased in vigor over more than fifty years as he has explored the numerous possibilities open to Hispanic poets from many different sources. The bridge that joins the halves of his writing is a concern for language in general and for the poetic process in particular. Toward Octavio Paz defines this process of creation through a close examination of the books that represent the summit of the poet's development, three long poems and three collections. It is intended for readers of varied poetic experience who are approaching Paz's work for the first time. By studying the relationship of the parts of the poem, particularly structure and theme, Fein traces the poet's growth through approaches to the reader, each embodied in a separate work. From the divided circularity of Piedra de sol through the intensification of the subject of Salamandra, the multiple meanings of Blanco, the polarities of Ladera este, and the literary solipsism of Pasado en claro, to the silences of Vuelta, Paz has shaped his audience's responses to his work through suggestion rather than control. The result is not only a new poetry but a new receptivity.
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John Morton Fein
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1944;
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1950.
Career
Teaching fellow, tutor, Harvard University, 1944-1949;
instructor, Harvard University, 1949-1950;
member of faculty, Duke U., since 1950;
professor Romance languages, Duke U., since 1963;
department chairman, Duke U., 1964-1973, 79-81, 86-88;
vice provost undergraduate education, Duke U., 1974-1979;
dean, Trinity College, 1974-1979. Visiting professor U. Chile, U. Catolica, Chile, 1957-1958, Indiana U., 1964, Stanford University, summer 1965, U. Wyoming, summer 1967, Dartmouth College, summer 1971, U. New Mexico, 1982.
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Toward Octavio Paz: A Reading of His Major Poems, 1957–1976
(The undisputed intellectual leadership of Octavio Paz, no...)
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Toward Octavio Paz: A Reading of His Major Poems, 1957–1976
Membership
Member Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers Spanish and Portuguese (Executive Committee).
Connections
Married Lucille Blumenthal, September 11,1946. Children: David, Judith, Joanna, Laura.
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American