The Critical Poem: Borges, Paz, and Other Language-Centered Poets in Latin America in Bloomington, MN

The 'critical poem' explains a poetry that is self-conscious about its inability to say what it means. This concept underlies and informs the work of eight Latin American poets, spanning three generations: Paz, Huerta, Borges, Juarroz, Pizarnik, Girro, Martínez, and Millán.