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i Table of CQntents Table of Conten
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iii Abbreviated Titles - Books "Ani
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INTR0DUCT10N Despite Lezama's insis
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3 remarks in interviews often revea
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5 meaning to some of Lezama's poetr
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7 in frenzied sexual activity and s
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9 who inculcate in Cemi a great res
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Notes I "Interrogando a Lezama Lima
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ChapterI Jos4 Cemi's Lineage 1. Jos
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15 These terms are employed by Leza
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17 by her marriage to Jos(ý Eugeni
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19 JosO Maria Lezama shares with Jo
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21 happy state of affairs, a verita
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23 Having established the latter id
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25 natural beauty recalls a lost Ed
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27 a practical example of Lezama's
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29 accidente entre nosotros., y eso
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31 cultivating these palms has also
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33 qualities of both grandparents a
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35 first glimpse of her delighfully
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37 wishes to lift them out of their
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39 chooses to climb upon, in her so
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41 possesses both extreme old age a
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43 La obtenci6n de esa luz blanca n
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45 expressed at the beginning of Le
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47 conciencia de que es vigilado, s
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49 counterpoint to the apparent tri
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51 19 "Paradiso y el sistema, " p.
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53 reaching up intall her youthful
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55 the reader ,, particularly in us
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57 when he claims that "Michelena e
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59 In "Introduccift a los vasos 6rf
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61 Phrases such as "la mujer que lo
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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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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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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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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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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