Resumen

MAHOP MA MAHOP, Romuald-Achille. The metaphor of fire in the poetic cosmology of José Emilio Pacheco. Lit. mex [online]. 2013, vol.24, n.2, pp.75-102. ISSN 2448-8216.

Meditation about matter is a dominant issue in José Emilio Pacheco's lyrical world. The treatment given to telluric reality and to the forces involved in this process lead to a real poetic cosmology. This essay investigates the function of the metaphor of "fire" in Pacheco's poetry, underlining its significance through three main perspectives: fire considered as a paradox of permanence and change, fire seen like a destructive endogenous power and, finally, fire considered as a cyclical pattern of reality.

Palabras llave : José Emilio Pacheco; poetic cosmology; metaphor of fire.