This thesis applies a Reception Studies approach to the relationship between the works of T. S. Eliot and Octavio Paz. Although my introduction considers the influence theory of Harold Bloom and Julia Kristeva's 'intertextuality', it finds the methodology of Hans Robert Jauss a more appropriate model for the analysis of a literary relationship that spans two different languages and cultures. The study is divided into two parts. Part One, 'Mexican Horizons', asks what were the translations that first introduced Paz to Eliot and to which precursors and contemporaries in Mexico could Paz compare Eliot's work. Writers such as Ramon Lopez Velarde and Salvador Novo, while unaware of Eliot, shared influences with him, and so created a context in which he could be understood. Paz also read Eliot as a counterpart to St.-John Perse, whose Anabase appeared in Spanish translation in the Mexican literary magazine, Contempordneos, shortly after translations of The Waste Land and The Hollow Men. Part Two, '1930-1948', analyses Paz's use of Eliot in his own poems. It pays particular attention to the role that Eliot played in Paz's ambivalent relationship with the group of writers that contributed to Contempordneos. Paz's own poems experience a constant struggle between scepticism and the assertion of pseudo-religious political belief. He makes use of Eliot on both sides of this struggle. My conclusion takes Paz's last prose comments on Eliot as evidence of the final extent and limits of the relationship between the two authors. Paz continues to interrogate Eliot for conceptual expressions of belief, yet he acknowledges an experience of Eliot's poems which lies beyond the clarity of such formulations. Three appendices supplement the reception history with accounts of Eliot's role in Paz's reading of surrealism, his first substantial work of poetic theory, El arco y la lira, and his later poems.

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Summaries in Spanish and English / Text in Spanish / The aim of this dissertation is to analyse those poems in which the image of the knife, el cuchillo, appears in the collection El rayo que no cesa, by Miguel Hernandez. The poet manifests his all-encompassing tragic view of life by means of this recurring negative symbol. The poetry of Miguel Hernandez is autobiographical: The universal themes of nature, love and death reveal a close link between the course of his life and the evolution of his poetry. El rayo que no cesa is central to the evolution of Hernandez's poetry: it is the product of the crisis of conscience that propelled the poet toward a radical change of world-view. The book reveals his frustration with love within the rigid norms of the society of his time. The poet expresses his bitterness by means of destructive images such as knife, sword, and ray/flash, images that project the tragic fate that threatened his entire existence. / Esta disertacion tiene por objeto analizar los poemas en que aparece la imagen del cuchillo en el libro El rayo que no cesa, de Miguel Hernandez, y demostrar que la insistencia de este simbolo negativo revela la cosmovisi6n tragic a que de 1a vida tenia el poeta. La poesia de Miguel Hernandez es poesia autobiogr&fica. La trayectoria de su vida esta intimamente ligada a la evolution de su obra en los temas universales de la naturaleza, el amor y la muerte. El rayo que no cesa es libro clave en su evolution pues es fruto de la crisis de conciencia que motiva en el poeta una metamorfosis ideol6gica. Este libro desvela su amor frustrado debido a las normas rigidas de la sotiedad de la epoca. Miguel Hernandez expresa su amargura con imageries destructivas como cuchillo, espada y rayo, imagenes que presagian la amenaza de un destino tragico que abarco toda su existencia. / Classics & Modern European Languages / M.A. (Spanish)

Summaries in Spanish and English / Text in Spanish / The aim of this dissertation is to analyse those poems in which the image of the knife, el cuchillo, appears in the collection El rayo que no cesa, by Miguel Hernandez. The poet manifests his all-encompassing tragic view of life by means of this recurring negative symbol. The poetry of Miguel Hernandez is autobiographical: The universal themes of nature, love and death reveal a close link between the course of his life and the evolution of his poetry. El rayo que no cesa is central to the evolution of Hernandez's poetry: it is the product of the crisis of conscience that propelled the poet toward a radical change of world-view. The book reveals his frustration with love within the rigid norms of the society of his time. The poet expresses his bitterness by means of destructive images such as knife, sword, and ray/flash, images that project the tragic fate that threatened his entire existence. / Esta disertacion tiene por objeto analizar los poemas en que aparece la imagen del cuchillo en el libro El rayo que no cesa, de Miguel Hernandez, y demostrar que la insistencia de este simbolo negativo revela la cosmovisi6n tragic a que de 1a vida tenia el poeta. La poesia de Miguel Hernandez es poesia autobiogr&fica. La trayectoria de su vida esta intimamente ligada a la evolution de su obra en los temas universales de la naturaleza, el amor y la muerte. El rayo que no cesa es libro clave en su evolution pues es fruto de la crisis de conciencia que motiva en el poeta una metamorfosis ideol6gica. Este libro desvela su amor frustrado debido a las normas rigidas de la sotiedad de la epoca. Miguel Hernandez expresa su amargura con imageries destructivas como cuchillo, espada y rayo, imagenes que presagian la amenaza de un destino tragico que abarco toda su existencia. / Classics and Modern European Languages / M.A. (Spanish)

In this dissertation, the poetic thought of León Felipe is examined through the study of his works written during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), namely, Good bye, Panamá (1936); La insignia (1937); El payaso de las bofetadas y el pescador de caña (1938); and Español del éxodo y del llanto (1939). The poet's biographical and poetic paths are outlined, as they are closely linked. A diachronic approach is used to analyse his fundamental ideas or themes that emerge, evolve and merge through his writings during this period which shaped his unique cosmo-vision. The purpose of this dissertation is to study the works of the poet within the social-historical context in which they evolved, establish the importance of this period as the catalyst for his ideological and poetic thought, and analyse how these aspects are reflected in his poetry to give him a new and definitive voice. / Classics & Modern European Languages / M. A. (Spanish)

In this dissertation, the poetic thought of León Felipe is examined through the study of his works written during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), namely, Good bye, Panamá (1936); La insignia (1937); El payaso de las bofetadas y el pescador de caña (1938); and Español del éxodo y del llanto (1939). The poet's biographical and poetic paths are outlined, as they are closely linked. A diachronic approach is used to analyse his fundamental ideas or themes that emerge, evolve and merge through his writings during this period which shaped his unique cosmo-vision. The purpose of this dissertation is to study the works of the poet within the social-historical context in which they evolved, establish the importance of this period as the catalyst for his ideological and poetic thought, and analyse how these aspects are reflected in his poetry to give him a new and definitive voice. / Classics and Modern European Languages / M. A. (Spanish)