Este libro forma parte de una nueva línea editorial y, de hecho, inaugura la colección "La casa de fuego" que busca forjar un catálogo de poesía hispanoamericana contemporáneo.
Este libro ofrece un panorama de diversas prácticas literarias experimentales en Chile en el nuevo milenio, pero sobre todo propone un modelo crítico y teórico para abordarlas.
Alexander the Great, according to Plutarch, carried on his campaigns a copy of the Iliad, kept alongside a dagger; on a more pronounced ideological level, ancient Romans looked to the Aeneid as an argument for imperialism.
How the concept of ';deep time' began as a metaphor used by philosophers, poets, and naturalists in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuriesIn this interdisciplinary book, Noah Heringman argues that the concept of ';deep time'most often associated with geological epochsbegan as a metaphorical language used by philosophers, poets, and naturalists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to explore the origins of life beyond the written record.
The classic bestselling Chinese novel spanning four decades following the creation of the People's Republic in 1949, translated into English for the first time.
This four-volume Companion to Shakespeare's Works, compiled as a single entity, offers a uniquely comprehensive snapshot of current Shakespeare criticism.
This account of a bestselling author's suicide is ';part biography, part detective story, part memoir of a thorny but enduring friendship' (Molly Worthen, author of Apostles of Reason).
Fascinating profiles of modern writers and artists who tapped the political potential of fairy talesJack Zipes has spent decades as a "e;scholarly scavenger,"e; discovering forgotten fairy tales in libraries, flea markets, used bookstores, and internet searches, and he has introduced countless readers to these remarkable works and their authors.
A seminal figure in American literature and philosophy, Ralph Waldo Emerson is considered the apostle of self-reliance, fully alive within his ideas and disarmingly confident about his innermost thoughts.
The skirmish between painting and poetry-from Plato and Praxiteles to Rembrandt and ShakespeareWhy do painters sometimes wish they were poets-and why do poets sometimes wish they were painters?
Soren Kierkegaard, the nineteenth-century Danish philosopher rediscovered in the twentieth century, is a major influence in contemporary philosophy, religion, and literature.
Ausgehend von den Rändern der gegenwärtigen literarischen Praxis wirft Annette Gilberts komparatistische Studie neues Licht auf eine zentrale Kategorie der Literatur(wissenschaft): das Werk als pragmatische Instanz literarischer Kommunikation.
This insightful and elegantly written book examines how the popular media of the Victorian era sustained and transformed the reputations of Romantic writers.
'Erudite, ambitious and richly global in scope' - PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads'This book sets a new standard in economic history' - TIM HARFORD, author of How To Make the World Add UpHow many times have we been told that the working woman is a modern phenomenon?
Frente a la agudización de las crisis alimentarias que desataron las cuarentenas del año 2020, este volumen se propone recuperar experiencias alimentarias esperanzadoras para una recuperación eco-social pospandemia.
The critical readings presented by the critic and novelist Muhammad Qutb were keen to examine the worlds of the fictional text and the common spaces between fictional works, in order to reveal the visions behind them.
From national security and social security to homeland and cyber-security, "e;security"e; has become one of the most overused words in culture and politics today.
A charming new pocket edition of one of Tolkien's major pieces of short fiction, and his only finished work dating from after publication of The Lord of the Rings.
The tenth book in David Feldmans bestselling Imponderables(R) series, packed with even more answers to perplexing questions and solutions to everyday mysteries Every day, we are confronted with innumerable small mysteries, which puzzle and confound.
Durch den Erfolg der 1903 erschienenen Volksausgabe von Buddenbrooks eröffnet sich dem jungen Thomas Mann die Möglichkeit, die prestigeträchtige Position des "deutschen Nationalschriftstellers" einzunehmen.
Israel Armstrong, one of literature's most unlikely detectives, returns for more crime solving adventure in this hilarious second novel from 'The Mobile Library' series.
Apoyado en las reflexiones de lectores como Daniel Pennac, Gabriel Zaid y muchos otros, el autor desmiente las falacias sobre la utilidad obligatoria de los libros y recupera la lectura como un acto de placer y ocio.
Der Essay "The Prevention of Literature" von George Orwell befasst sich mit dem Konzept der Zensur und der Einschränkung von Freiheiten im Bereich der Literatur.
The Bond Code is the remarkable story of how Fleming's association with the occult world led him to create a masterful series of clever clues, cyphers, and codes within his books.
El juego de los afligidos narra el trance de Julián, un joven universitario, en permanente desazón con la cotidianidad, una enfermedad mortal silenciosa y el amor de Carolina, su novia.
El juego de los afligidos narra el trance de Julián, un joven universitario, en permanente desazón con la cotidianidad, una enfermedad mortal silenciosa y el amor de Carolina, su novia.
