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12 14 Northrop Frye, Anatomy of Criticism, Princeton, 1973, p. 99. 15 Ibid., p. 105. 16 Ibid., p. 108. 17 Ibid., p. 139. 18 mundos, p. 60. "Para llegar a Lezama Lima, " in La vuelta al dia en ochenta 19 C4sar L6pez, "Sobre Paradiso, " in Recopilaci6n, p. 186. 20 Frye, p. 118. 21 Ibid., p. 120. 22 Ibid., p. 125. 23 J. Santana, "Lezama Lima: el mundo de la imagen, " Cuba International, 3, No. 18 (Jan. 1971), 69. E Interview. j. 24 J. R. Ribeyro, "Notas sobre ParadisO, " in Recopilaci6n, p. 181. Ribeyro states that "Lezama Lima muestra una complacencia y un amor al detalle que s6lo su genio descriptivo, su humor y su fantasia salvan de la vulgaridad. " 25 E. Lezama Lima, ed., Cartas, p. 172. 26 Unless otherwise stated, all quotations from Lezama Lima's writings are taken from his Obras Completas,, 2 vols., Mexico City, 1975-77. Paradiso = 1,5-645.
ChapterI Jos4 Cemi's Lineage 1. Jos6 Eugenio Cemi and his Family Tree Yo creo que Paradiso parte de su circumstancia, su realidad inmediata. Ofrece las dos cosas: lo muy inmediato, lo niäs cercano - la familia -y lo que se eneuentra en la lejania, lo arquetipico, el mito. Toda novela es siempre algo autobiogräfico; todo novelista emplea recursos idiomäticosg recuerdos de infanciag entrevisiones, momentäneas fulguraciones, una visi6n, una totalidad. Para ello he partido, como algunos te6logos medievales, de una summa. He procurado si., ir de una summa a una totalidad. En ese sentido hay en Paradiso personajes autobio- gräficos.... ' Lezama's words warn us that a dissection of the novel Paradiso with a view to identifying members of his real family will be a waste of time. Even if the researcher could provide a real life equivalent for each member of the Cemi and Olaya families,, his view of the novel would remain sadly limited. The reason is obvious: although Lezama recalls his rela- tives, even those who died before he was born, with affection, admiration and pride, he is merely using them as jumping-off points. spring-boards for his poetic imagination. They are vessels remodelled to contain whatever ideas Lezama may wish to express, jigsaw pieces to be manoeuvred as he deems necessary. Lezama has said that all his characters bear altered names.. -in the nove-l-, but-this is not the case. 2A glance at the Lezama family tree (see Appendix) reveals that Jos4 Cemi's grandparents, with the exception of Ddiffa Augusta, take their names from thý! Ir counter- parts in that family,. This applies only to Christian names. Less
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Page 7 and 8: i Table of CQntents Table of Conten
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Page 19 and 20: 9 who inculcate in Cemi a great res
Page 21: Notes I "Interrogando a Lezama Lima
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Page 27 and 28: 17 by her marriage to Jos(ý Eugeni
Page 29 and 30: 19 JosO Maria Lezama shares with Jo
Page 31 and 32: 21 happy state of affairs, a verita
Page 33 and 34: 23 Having established the latter id
Page 35 and 36: 25 natural beauty recalls a lost Ed
Page 37 and 38: 27 a practical example of Lezama's
Page 39 and 40: 29 accidente entre nosotros., y eso
Page 41 and 42: 31 cultivating these palms has also
Page 43 and 44: 33 qualities of both grandparents a
Page 45 and 46: 35 first glimpse of her delighfully
Page 47 and 48: 37 wishes to lift them out of their
Page 49 and 50: 39 chooses to climb upon, in her so
Page 51 and 52: 41 possesses both extreme old age a
Page 53 and 54: 43 La obtenci6n de esa luz blanca n
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Page 57 and 58: 47 conciencia de que es vigilado, s
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Page 61 and 62: 51 19 "Paradiso y el sistema, " p.
Page 63 and 64: 53 reaching up intall her youthful
Page 65 and 66: 55 the reader ,, particularly in us
Page 67 and 68: 57 when he claims that "Michelena e
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63 Lezama thus juxtaposes the conce
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65 The woman/manatee continues her
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67 creative power, there may be a c
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69 themselves from historical Time.
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71 example of the "recurrencias den
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73 los simbolos" (1,73). Mendil and
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75 Grace in Christian terms (betwee
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77 the Olayas. The death of Andresi
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79 In other words, Lezama wants the
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81 to be portents of the union of t
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83 whole being is convulsed in an i
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85 Nothing has been concealed from
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87 Josg Eugenio Cemr era un punto d
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89 friends ("la proliferaci6n de lo
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91 criolla": "La espuma del tu6tano
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93 del rayo solar ordenaba sus tran
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95 We see him in his prime, as a su
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Notes I "Interrogando a Lezama Lima
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CHAPTER III The Childhood of Josd C
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101 The poet thus has the duties of
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103 Cemi's own work. However we can
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105 wish to flee, as from something
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107 Zoar's body appears to become l
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109 story of Creation in the. Popul
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III years old, as in the first chap
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113 asustado ahora por su susto" (1
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115 fish leads him to the safety of
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117 trauma with what appears to be
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119 correct some sort of original m
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121 de hojas gigantescas, de visibl
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123 Jos4 Eugenio and Rialta's new r
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125 by them to achieve this end, in
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127 been made. Related so closely t
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129 The Colonel's success in routin
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131 appearing in the dream; he righ
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133 andibamos por ese camino/ y aho
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135 three years), we appreciate tha
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137 There is no doubt that women ha
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139 precious jewel set in a secret
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141 emptiness and the void left in
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143 The children's game of yaquis t
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145 Their first moment of parting s
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147 by attempting the impossible. C
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149 In the developing consciousness
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Notes I A., klvarez Bravo, ed., "Su
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153 43 Ibid., p. 193. 44 "Interroga
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155 Even in this simple way Alberto
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157 his other appearances in the th
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159 Before developing Alberto's rel
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161 arcoiris, " "ariete rizado") li
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163 that he has done this by adopti
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165 of the quest is established: "u
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167 la mentira" and "la cascada min
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169 in Jos6 Eugenio's eyes. The lat
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171 of (almost artistic) controlq A
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173 us of a Fibo-like demonismo, as
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175 until the link with Jos4 Eugeni
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177 his mother's memory into a poet
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179 underline their nobility of min
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181 ship to form a new balance and
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183 This could refer to Alberto's t
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185 11 world of the image,, of leja
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187 eras imaginarias: la biblioteca
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189 to roost in the antlers (stone
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191 precipitates his own death, pre
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193 spiritual experiences are expre
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195 ("Descends dans le cratýre de
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197 a trap of his own making by "po
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199 The key to an understanding of
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201 Lezama insists that Farraluque
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203 one of natural sleep: "fingia s
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205 rite is established by the phra
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207 encendida para un Anima muy pec
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209 potions, they succumb to extinc
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Notes I A. ýklvarez Bravo, ed., "S
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213 43 J. Ortega, "Paradiso de Leza
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215 with Cemi's evolving psyche and
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217 goes to his death in despair, r
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219 of the meeting of Cemi and Fron
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221 ness , whether in relation to O
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223 voyant par un long, immense et
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225 reIr de las saltantes burlas de
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227 Utilizaba su superioridad intel
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229 murder of Foci6n by the youth o
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231 In Foci6n's case, active self-c
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233 conception occurs at the moment
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235 experienced in their tenderness
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237 many of the images connected th
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239 This happy estate is therefore
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241 that he must reject this life-s
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243 former glory, they are fit for
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245 must descend to and return from
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247 Por primera vez Cemi, en su ado
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249 posibilidad hist6rica de lo cub
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251 also be played out in the lives
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253 his fellow students, that is, t
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255 oculta" (1,361). Lezama seems t
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257 - Es como si ambos - replic6 Fr
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259 balance between logic and intui
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261 that "To the hero, the clutchin
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263 Fronesis' ancestry is explained
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265 plants; 1,174-6). Even though t
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267 been accentuated by the girl's
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269 Necesitaba de una oscuridad que
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271 The god/man who appears next on
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273 como las estrellas" (1,419). 61
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275 friend has not apparently succu
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277 just like the child who loses t
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279 Despite their euphoria, there i
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281 III. Cemf: Self Discovery esos
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283 con ellos a conversar" (1,332).
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285 Chaos to approach Order has bee
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287 sombra que une el cielo silenci
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289 b6squeda de la gota de oro, del
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291 impotentes visceras" (1,452). I
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293 the Parmenides, the mystic rela
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295 of Revelation. Although there m
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297 configurations; he becomes "el
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299 en la piel ... " (1,501). Cemi
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Notes 1 A. Vald6s, "Paradiso de Lez
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303 51 A. L. Rowse,, Homosexuals in
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305 alegorizar el tema del tiempo e
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307 to his father's death leads ult
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309 pictures on the vase seems to i
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311 to meditate upon his childhood
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313 difficult to interpret. He make
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315 las fresas, parecia que pintaba
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317 piedra en piedra. Una inmensa e
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31? Why might Lezama have chosen a
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321 masters his own past. Lezama's
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Notes 1 J. CortAzar, "Para Ilegar a
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325 adolescent dilemmas are importa
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327 gence; instead these transforme
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329 A la derecha del tim6n, un circ
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331 Origenes.... " 8 The victims of
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333 descriptive paragraphs, one whi
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335 whelm Vivo with her power and a
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1 337 es en la poesia de Baudelaire
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339 identity comes to him although
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341 el timbre" (1,589). All is now
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343 tibetana" is synonymous with "l
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345 Partia de la cartesiana progres
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347 Licario and Death,, Foci6n's en
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349 reflected through his mind in s
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351 ni ser su amigo, las dos fuerza
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353 Santi attributes the phrase to
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355 represent "la naturaleza perdid
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357 bufones, rendidos al sueTio, do
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359 In alchemy, from which the term
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361 (IIj 899). This applies to the
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Notes 1 E. Rodriguez Monegal, "Para
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365 that "his Dantean ascent not wi
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367 the need to seek answers is awa
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ON > 94 1-4 14 1-4 >4 0 0 C) N 0w r
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371 e- til r W --j N3 C) . In 0 a (
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373 Tratados en La Habana, pp. 393-
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375 Bibliographies Becco, Horacio J
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377 Sim6n, Pedro,, ed. Recopilaci6n
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379 Bernaldez Bernaldez, Jos4 Maria
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381 ---------- 0 "Vida de Lezama. "
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383 "Otras opiniones. " In Recopila
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385 Vald6s, Adriana. "Paradiso de L
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387 Christian, John. Symbolists and
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389 Koestler, Arthur. The Roots of
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