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Selected Essays | Suzy Hansen on Octavio Paz
Manage episode 395725000 series 1827168
On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Jess and Zach talk with Suzy Hansen about her essay, “A Cold War Mind: American and the World,” a chapter from Suzy's book Notes on a Foreign Country, and Octavio Paz’s “The Pachucho and Other Extremes,” the first part of his 1950 book The Labyrinth of Solitude.
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Chapters
1. Selected Essays | Suzy Hansen on Octavio Paz (00:00:00)
2. Who is Octavio Paz? (00:01:46)
3. Why “The Pachuco and Other Extremes”? (00:02:33)
4. The first passage (00:05:38)
5. Why Paz begins the essay this way (00:07:39)
6. The pachuco (00:10:40)
7. Paz’s conception of America (00:13:24)
8. Another passage (00:15:14)
9. What motivate’s Paz’s view of America (00:19:00)
10. Mark of good writing about national spirit (00:21:47)
11. Characterizing the essay (00:24:28)
12. Suzy’s “A Cold War Mind: America and the World” (00:29:30)
13. “Excavate my mind” (00:34:29)
14. Essay as historical excavation (00:37:09)
31 episodes
Manage episode 395725000 series 1827168
On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Jess and Zach talk with Suzy Hansen about her essay, “A Cold War Mind: American and the World,” a chapter from Suzy's book Notes on a Foreign Country, and Octavio Paz’s “The Pachucho and Other Extremes,” the first part of his 1950 book The Labyrinth of Solitude.
Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here and use the coupon code 7POD50 at checkout for 50% off.
Chapters
1. Selected Essays | Suzy Hansen on Octavio Paz (00:00:00)
2. Who is Octavio Paz? (00:01:46)
3. Why “The Pachuco and Other Extremes”? (00:02:33)
4. The first passage (00:05:38)
5. Why Paz begins the essay this way (00:07:39)
6. The pachuco (00:10:40)
7. Paz’s conception of America (00:13:24)
8. Another passage (00:15:14)
9. What motivate’s Paz’s view of America (00:19:00)
10. Mark of good writing about national spirit (00:21:47)
11. Characterizing the essay (00:24:28)
12. Suzy’s “A Cold War Mind: America and the World” (00:29:30)
13. “Excavate my mind” (00:34:29)
14. Essay as historical excavation (00:37:09)
31 episodes
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