Este libro analiza algunas obras de Gordon Henry, Leslie Marmon Silko, Linda Hogan, Louise Erdrich, Carter Revard, Leonard Peltier y Greg Sarris, autores pertenecientes a distintos pueblos amerindios de los Estados Unidos.
This book examines the ideological affinity that can be established between the classical 'Bildungsroman' and colonialist ideology on the basis of a literary analysis of 'Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre'-considered by most critics to be the origin of the genre-and 'Great Expectations'-one of the paradigmatic examples of the development of the Bildungsroman in English literature.
The final classic installment in the excellent Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that have inspired all Scandinavian crime fiction.
In The Representation of Business in English Literature, five scholars of different periods of English literature produce original essays on how business and businesspeople have been portrayed by novelists, starting in the eighteenth century and continuing to the end of the twentieth century.
The thrilling ninth classic installment in the Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that have inspired all Scandinavian crime fiction.
A terrifically engaging and original biography about one of England's greatest novelists, and the glamorous, eccentric, debauched and ultimately tragic family that provided him with the most significant friendships of his life and inspired his masterpiece, 'Brideshead Revisited'.
This book examines the ideological affinity that can be established between the classical 'Bildungsroman' and colonialist ideology on the basis of a literary analysis of 'Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre'-considered by most critics to be the origin of the genre-and 'Great Expectations'-one of the paradigmatic examples of the development of the Bildungsroman in English literature.
"Esta obra es una intensa y problematizadora reflexión sobre la literatura paraguaya a partir de los textos ensayísticos que desde diferentes posturas políticas consideran la cuestión de las lenguas y su relación con la identidad nacional, el papel del escritor en sociedades autoritarias y en democracias incompletas, la paradójica función del exilio en la generación de literaturas nacionales, las dinámicas del campo intelectual y literario y los modos de configurar y reconfigurar los grupos antagónicos.
Alles über den großen Literaten und sein einzigartiges Werk»Wenn wir wissen wollen, was Literatur wirklich ist und was sie wirklich kann, so gibt es kaum einen Autor wie Kafka, dessen Texte uns das so grandios vorführen: das Spiel, Sinnangebote zu machen und sie zugleich zu verweigern, und uns dabei beizubringen, dass dies eine Struktur der Welt ist, in der wir leben.
La memòria involuntària, que Marcel Proust va fer famosa gràcies al conegut episodi de la magdalena, és un fenomen psicològic que ha tingut una repercussió especial en la cultura del segle XX.
En su obra literaria, Abel Posse (1934-2023) ambicionaba forjar un lenguaje narrativo propio que conjugase lo cultural, lo filosófico, lo político y lo poético.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2020'A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature' Philip Hoare'An exciting new voice' Mark Cocker, author of Crow CountryIn his late thirties, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightmare of a family tragedy.
Este libro examina la problemática combinación de autorreferencialidad literaria, revisionismo histórico y pensamiento utópico en varias novelas producidas en Hispanoamérica y los Estados Unidos durante la primera mitad de los años setenta.
Tras más de noventa años de la publicación de Ser y tiempo de Martin Heidegger, una de las obras más emblemáticas e importantes del siglo pasado, resulta un hecho sorprendente constatar su vigencia, no solo a través de los estudios e interpretaciones que continúan ofreciéndose sobre ella, sino también del amplio espectro de problemas que inauguró y que anima un número importante de discusiones filosóficas en la actualidad.
Embark on a journey through the vibrant tapestry of the Caribbean with this collection of stories from Hodder Education's 'Island Voices: Caribbean Contemporary Short Story Prize.
Los once trabajos que componen este volumen nacen del interés suscitado por la reescritura, especialmente de la reescritura del Quijote en América Latina, y están inspirados en las ponencias presentadas en las Jornadas Internacionales "Reescrituras latinoamericanas del Quijote" (Jerusalén, 1 y 2 de diciembre, 2021), llevadas a cabo por los docentes y estudiantes de los seminarios de los Departamentos de Letras de la Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina, y la Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalén, Israel.
Roark Bradford's 1931 novel and 1939 play dealing with the legendary folk-hero John Henry (both titled John Henry) were extremely influential in their own time but have long been unavailable or extremely hard to find.
Siguiendo el trayecto trazado en el libro Robert Lowell: la mirada de Aquiles, este volumen muestra que la obra poetica del norteamericano es un viaje fascinante del puerto de Aquiles hacia la soledad del Minotauro.
Filled with empathy and wisdom, personal experiences and creative inspiration, this is a vital collection of essays on the power of literature and the craft of writing from an international array of writers of colour.
An intimate portrait of Stephen Spender's extraordinary life written by Matthew Spender, shifting between memoir and biography, with new insights drawn from personal recollections and his father's copious unpublished archives.
Kathleen Parkinson places this brilliant and bitter satire on the moral failure of the Jazz Age firmly in the context of Scott Fitzgerald's life and times.
101 chance meetings, juxtaposing the famous and the infamous, the artistic and the philistine, the pompous and the comical, the snobbish and the vulgar, each 1,001 words long, and with a time span stretching from the 19th century to the 21st.
** The Sunday Times Best Literary Book of 2023**** A Waterstones Best Book of 2023**'All Sorts of Lives is a beautiful, fastidiously researched and fascinating exploration of Mansfield's life and work' A.
Winner of the Crossword Prize for non-fiction, '"e;Curfewed Night'"e; is a passionate and important book - a brave and brilliant report from a conflict the world has chosen to ignore.
The definitive biography of Daphne Du Maurier, one of history's greatest psychological thriller novelistsRebecca, published in 1938, brought its author instant international acclaim, capturing the popular imagination with its haunting atmosphere of suspense and mystery.
The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commerical upper-middle class Forsyte family between 1886 and 1920.
The definitive biography of one of the world's most popular writersBushrui and Jenkins have produces a biography that meticulously explores the complex intricacies of this philosopher-poet.
Colm Holland reveals the story of his encounter with Paulo Coelho and his bestselling book The Alchemist, and how discovering the secret in Paulo''s novel gave him the insights to achieve true empowerment in his life.
The second volume of Robert Crawford's magisterial biography of the revolutionary modernist, visionary poet and troubled man, drawing on extensive new sources.
CUNDILL PRIZE 2018 WINNERSHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2018'Enlightening, compassionate, superb' John le CarreA visionary life and times of Joseph Conrad, and of our global world, from one of the best historians writing today.
