A la mayor parte de nuestros personajes favoritos de ficción no los hemos elegido por sus virtudes, sino más bien por la fascinación y la inquietud que nos suscita su vileza.
En las ultimas decadas se ha producido en America Latina una irrupcion masiva de nuevos autores que han encontrado una favorable acogida, un espacio propicio de reconocimiento.
Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom offers more than 300 bite-size quotes of inspiration and wisdom from one of the greatest females writer's in the English language.
Why a monumental diary by an aunt and niece who published poetry together as ';Michael Field'and who were partners and lovers for decadesis one of the great unknown works of late-Victorian and early modernist literatureMichael Field, the renowned late-Victorian poet, was well known to be the pseudonym of Katharine Bradley (18461914) and her niece, Edith Cooper (18621913).
The epic story continues in Charm, the fifth in New York Times bestselling author Tracy Wolff's lush, action-packed and romantic young adult paranormal fantasy series.
Ausgehend von der Frage, inwiefern Literatur sowohl auf gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen reagiert als auch auf diese einwirkt, geht die vorliegende Studie dieser Eigenschaft der Literatur im Falle des Bildungsromans in Japan nach.
David Copperfield, Roman im Genre des Bildungsromans von Charles Dickens, der von dem gleichnamigen Protagonisten erzählt und seine Abenteuer auf dem Weg von der Kindheit zum Erwachsenwerden schildert, ist auch ein autobiografischer Roman: "eine sehr komplizierte Verflechtung von Wahrheit und Erfindung", mit Ereignissen, die Dickens' eigenem Leben folgen.
Im Jahr 1921 legt der Expressionist Alfred Wolfenstein »Erzählungen« von Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855) in einer Auswahl und in eigener Übertragung vor; sie erscheinen in drei Bänden im renommierten Münchner Drei Masken Verlag.
"En México gané mi nombre", dijo alguna vez José Saramago, y no parece que fuera sólo por compromiso con sus anfitriones desde Morelia hasta Guadalajara o Chiapas, o en los diversos recintos universitarios que recibieron al novelista.
Emily Brontës "Sturmhöhe" ("Wuthering Heights") erscheint hier in hochwertiger Hardcover-Ausstattung in der feinfühligen, kongenialen Übersetzung des Exildichters Alfred Wolfenstein.
Die Menschheit hat die Grenzen des ihr bekannten Himmels überschritten, die Erde ist zu einer Nichtigkeit geworden, der Mensch selbst seines die Nacktheit beschützenden Schleiers beraubt.
Die Studentenbewegung und die sexuelle Revolution, der Staatssozialismus sowie die Kontroversen um die Postmoderne haben mit ihren unterschiedlichen Vorstellungen von Emanzipation die Diskurse um Geschlecht und Sexualität in Deutschland nachhaltig verändert.
Why a monumental diary by an aunt and niece who published poetry together as ';Michael Field'and who were partners and lovers for decadesis one of the great unknown works of late-Victorian and early modernist literatureMichael Field, the renowned late-Victorian poet, was well known to be the pseudonym of Katharine Bradley (18461914) and her niece, Edith Cooper (18621913).
Eine Liebeserklärung an Bremen und Bremerhaven – Johann-Günther König hat Texte aus zehn Jahrhunderten zu einer anschaulichen Literaturgeschichte komponiert.
*A Times, Telegraph, TLS and Prospect Book of the Year**Winner of the 2024 PEN/ Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography* The best book I've read on George Eliot John Carey, Sunday TimesAn exceptional new biography that shows how George Eliot wrestled with the question of marriage, in art and lifeWhen she was in her mid-thirties, Marian Evans transformed herself into George Eliot - an author celebrated for her genius as soon as she published her debut novel.
A philosophical exploration of female submission, using insights from feminist thinkers-especially Simone de Beauvoir-to reveal the complexities of women's reality and lived experienceWhat role do women play in the perpetuation of patriarchy?
A richly illustrated cultural history of the midcentury pulp paperback"e;There is real hope for a culture that makes it as easy to buy a book as it does a pack of cigarettes.
Exploring the unintentional production of seemingly feminist outcomes In India, elite law firms offer a surprising oasis for women within a hostile, predominantly male industry.
In Gender, Class, and Freedom in Modern Political Theory, Nancy Hirschmann demonstrates not merely that modern theories of freedom are susceptible to gender and class analysis but that they must be analyzed in terms of gender and class in order to be understood at all.
Luminous essays on translation and self-translation by an award-winning writer and literary translatorTranslating Myself and Others is a collection of candid and disarmingly personal essays by Pulitzer Prizewinning author Jhumpa Lahiri, who reflects on her emerging identity as a translator as well as a writer in two languages.
How a legendary woman from classical antiquity has come to embody the threat of transcendent beauty in movies and TVHelen of Troy in Hollywood examines the figure of the mythic Helen in film and television, showing how storytellers from different Hollywood eras have used Helen to grapple with the problems and dynamics of gender and idealized femininity.
The inventive memoir from the 2026 Booker-longlisted author of The End of Everything'Wish I Was Here is a masterpiece' Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk 'It will surprise you, sometimes astound you, and leave you profoundly changed' Jonathan Coe, author of The Rotters' ClubM.
"Den Schwulen lass hier mal weg" – diesen Rat bekam der Autor, als er in einem Aufsatz den schwulen Edmund Gabriel in Martin Walsers Anselm-Kristlein-Trilogie erwähnt hat.
El libro reúne datos biográficos, históricos e ideológicos del escritor Gabriel García Márquez, unidos al análisis e interpretación de su cuentística primigenia, veintidós relatos acopiados en los libros Ojos de perro azul y Los funerales de la mama grande.
Los ensayos reunidos en este volumen se concentran en la producción de narrativa de ficción,novela y cuento, y ofrecen una cobertura amplia de esta producción desde el año 1920 al año2000.
Esta mirada a la cultura escrita colombiana del siglo XX, a través del famoso y longevo manual de historia de Henao y Arrubla, 1911, los Escolios a un texto implícito, publicados por Nicolás Gómez Dávila entre los sesenta y los noventa, y un cuento y tres novelas de Gabriel García Márquez, busca comparar la manera como estos textos construyen la narrativa del Uno y el Otro en las tradiciones de nuestro pasado.
The Top 10 Sunday Times BestsellerNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREOscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted ScreenplaySet amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA's African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America's space program.
This unique book is an exploration of Christianity alongside Jewish guides who are well-studied in and sympathetic to Christianity, but who remain "e;near Christianity.