The Muse in Mexico: a Mid-Century Miscellany [in] Texas Quarterly Volume II, Number 1, Spring 1959

(PAZ, Octavio, Ramón Xirau, Antonio Castro Leal, José Portilla, Emilio Uranga, Hans Beacham, Samuel Kaplan, Walter Starkie, John Paddock, Philip B. Taylor Jr., Edmundo Flores, Francsico Larroyo, Joe B. Frantz, Evelyn Mosier-Foster, Allan Lewis, Humberto Arellano Garza, José Miguel García Ascot, and Henry W. Wells). Harry H. Ransom and Thomas M. Cranfill, edited by

Published by Universit of Texas Press, (Austin), 1959

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Volume II, Number 1. This issue edited by Thomas M. Cranfill. Small quarto. 202, 117, [57 illustrations] pp. Printed wrappers with modest rubbing and wear, spine with some vertical creasing and tiny nicks at the base neatly strengthened, very good and sound. A large and interesting issue, featuring a portion from *The Labyrinth of Solitude* by Octavio Paz; "Mexicanism: The Theory and the Reality," by Ramón Xirau; "Mexico's Position in Latin America," by Antonio Castro Leal; "The Physiognomy of the *Apretado*," by José Portilla; "The Mexican Idea of Death," by Emilio Uranga; An Interview with José Vasconcelos by Samuel Kaplan; "A Memoir of Alfonso Reyes," by Walter Starkie; "Tomorrow in Ancient Mesoamerica," by John Paddock; "Agrarian Reform and Economic Development," by Edmundo Flores; "Half a Century of Education in Mexico," by Francsico Larroyo; "The Provincial University in Mexico a Personal View," by Joe B. Frantz; "Art Today in Mexico," by José Miguel García Ascot, and "Riches and Severity: An Episode in Mexican Architecture," Henry W. Wells, among others. "The Muse in Mexico: a Mid-Century Miscellany," edited by Thomas M. Cranfill, features 16 portraits of Mexican artists by Hans Beacham, 117 pages of Mexican poetry and prose, and over 50 pages of black and white reproductions of Mexican art.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Muse in Mexico: a Mid-Century Miscellany [in] Texas Quarterly Volume II, Number 1, Spring 1959
• Publisher: Universit of Texas Press, (Austin)
• Publication Date: 1959
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good