The esteemed Nobel Prize-winning poet offers a portrait of Marcel Duchamp as a great cautionary figure in public culture, citing the philosopher's influential beliefs about spiritual freedom and the encroachment of criticism, science, and art in today's world.
©1978 Seaver Books; The Castle of Purity 1968, 1970 by Octavio Paz; translation by Donald Gardener copyright 1970 by Jonathan Cape Ltd. (P)2012 Audible, Inc.