The Muse in Mexico: a Mid-Century Miscellany in Texas Quarterly – Volume II Number 1 Spring 1959
1959550271Austin: Universit of Texas Press 1959. Softcover. Very Good. Volume II Number 1. This issue edited by Thomas M. Cranfill. Small quarto. 202 117 57 illustrations pp. Printed wrappers with modest rubbing and wear spine with some vertical creasing and tiny nicks at the base neatly strengthened very good and sound. A large and interesting issue featuring a portion from The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz; "Mexicanism: The Theory and the Reality" by Ramón Xirau; "Mexico's Position in Latin America" by Antonio Castro Leal; "The Physiognomy of the Apretado" by José Portilla; "The Mexican Idea of Death" by Emilio Uranga; An Interview with José Vasconcelos by Samuel Kaplan; "A Memoir of Alfonso Reyes" by Walter Starkie; "Tomorrow in Ancient Mesoamerica" by John Paddock; "Agrarian Reform and Economic Development" by Edmundo Flores; "Half a Century of Education in Mexico" by Francsico Larroyo; "The Provincial University in Mexico–a Personal View" by Joe B. Frantz; "Art Today in Mexico" by José Miguel García Ascot and "Riches and Severity: An Episode in Mexican Architecture" Henry W. Wells among others. "The Muse in Mexico: a Mid-Century Miscellany" edited by Thomas M. Cranfill features 16 portraits of Mexican artists by Hans Beacham 117 pages of Mexican poetry and prose and over 50 pages of black and white reproductions of Mexican art. Universit of Texas Press unknown
