Germán Espinosa es uno de los narradores colombianos que más recurrió a pasados distantes como materia para su escritura; no obstante, son pocos los trabajos amplios y sistemáticos sobre las novelas históricas del escritor cartagenero.
This book recalls a quote by the international thinker and novelist Umberto Eco, which emphasizes the importance of reading, and that whoever does not read lives one life, even if he passes seventy, while whoever reads lives for five thousand years, as reading is eternal.
A fresh and original introduction to the Odysseyand how it continues to shape literature, film, art and even the ways we make sense of our livesReading the Odyssey is an introduction to Homer's masterpiece like no other.
A fresh and original introduction to the Odysseyand how it continues to shape literature, film, art and even the ways we make sense of our livesReading the Odyssey is an introduction to Homer's masterpiece like no other.
In Iraq, government is parliamentary, and if you dialogue with any citizen there, the word "parliament" will not be dropped from your conversation, as it is people's preoccupation, and this book is an important and indispensable guide in the hands of every politician or person interested in the new Iraq and its parliament is the subject of controversy.
A user's guide to the fundamental practice of literary studies, providing context, examples, and practical exercises Close readingmaking an argument based in close attention to a textis the foundation of literary studies.
From Texas sugar cane fields, Ivy League halls to Hyeseung Song's homeland of South Korea and back again, this memoir is a journey through identity crises, mental health struggles and the quest for selfhood.
Georgien – ein Land, dessen einzigartige Schrift, tief verwurzelte religiöse Traditionen und reiches kulturelles Erbe eine literarische Geschichte von unvergleichlicher Tiefe und Schönheit hervorgebracht haben.
El caballero de Olmedo es una obra de teatro de Lope de Vega basada en una leyenda y cancion popular que narra un crimen que ocurrio entre Medina y Olmedo.
This selection of Bowen's non-fictional writings includes her wonderfully funny, precise recollections of schooldays and childhood experiences, her brilliant evocations of London in wartime and of the Irish 'big house', and penetrating accounts of some of her most famous contemporaries.
