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An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who continues to inspire fans and creatives to cultivate practices of deep attention, rigorous interrogation and beautiful style. Joan Didion was a writer's writer; not only a groundbreaking journalist, essayist, novelist and screenwriter, but a keen observer who honed her sights on life's telling details. Her insights continue to influence...
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"From the award-winning biographer of Chaucer, the story of his most popular and scandalous character, from the Middle Ages to #MeToo Ever since her triumphant debut in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath, arguably the first ordinary and recognizably real woman in English literature, has obsessed readers-from Shakespeare to James Joyce, Voltaire to Pasolini, Dryden to Zadie Smith. Few literary characters have led such colourful lives or matched...
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"Written by mortician and forensic expert Carla Valentine, The Science of Murder explores the real-life cases that inspired Agatha Christie and shows how the great mystery writer may have kept up to date with the latest developments in forensic science, from ballistics to blood-splatter analysis. Valentine examines the use of fingerprints, firearms, handwriting, impressions, and toxicology in Christie's novels, before finally revealing the role the...
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A classic work of experimental poetry by a titan of modernist literature Tender Buttons, Stein's first published work of poetry, debuted in 1914 as a volume of powerful avant-garde expression. This meditation on ordinary living is presented in three compelling sections-"Objects," "Food," and "Rooms"-through which Stein delights in experiments with language. Emphasizing rhythm and sonority over traditional grammar, Stein's wordplay has garnered praise...
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Premio Ciudad de Irún 2011-Poesía
¿Qué habita en las almas de las mujeres que entregaron su vida a una causa? ¿Cuál es la estela de Artemisia Gentileschi, Irena Sendler o Carolina Coronado?
Fátima Frutos exhuma verso a verso a éstas y a otras mujeres, reales y ficticias, que a lo largo de la historia de nuestro mundo hicieron de la lucha por la dignidad el sentido de su existencia, y, al hacerlo, se busca a sí misma en todas ellas. De igual...
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Lertxundi, en esta novela, examina las relaciones de pareja. En muchos casos, estas relaciones se convierten en una relación de poder, y hoy, sólo hay que leer cualquier periódico para comprobar, que, en no pocas ocasiones, quien detenta ese poder lo utiliza para humillar y "domesticar" a su pareja.
"Me pregunto: si podré dejar constancia con palabras—eso es, con mis palabras, de un reflejo, no sé si preciso, pero sí próximo a la precisión,...
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This is the first volume of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell's 1957 biography of Charlotte Brontë, "Charlotte Brontë - A Monograph". The first biography of this seminal literary figure ever written, this volume provides a fantastic and unique insight into Charlotte's life and mind, making it a must-read for fans of her work and those with an interest in literary history. Emily Jane Brontë (1818 – 1848), also known under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, was...
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IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 12
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Great story of human courage and dedication recounted in autobiography of a remarkable woman: the magical moment when Miss Keller first recognizes the connection between words and objects, her joy at learning how to speak, friendships with notable figures, her education at Radcliffe and an extraordinary relationship with her inspired teacher, Anne Sullivan. An unforgettable portrait of one of the 20th century's outstanding women.
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Regardant les questions de témoignage, de confession, de traumatisme, de sexualité et de violence dans les œuvres (semi-)autobiographiques, ce livre explore la co-construction d'identités personnelles et collectives par des femmes écrivains à l'ère des médias et de l'autoreprésentation. À une époque o la littérature française est souvent accusée d'être égocentrique et trop narcissique, Mercédès Baillargeon avance que l'autofiction...
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La expresión epifanía viene del griego y, en su sentido cristiano, evoca el milagro de la manifestación de Jesucristo y, más ampliamente, el de una revelación divina. Sin embargo, el sentido que exploramos en este ensayo sobre la poética vareliana se acerca más bien a la connotación que le adjudica Joyce a inicios del XX y que Galván reconoce como un fenómeno "conectado a la capacidad instintiva del poeta para descubrir la verdad y la belleza...
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El estudio de las autoras que han sido excluidas de la historia literaria, de las antologías, de los manuales, de la valoración crítica en su tiempo y después, supone emprender una verdadera labor arqueológica. De las aproximadamente mil doscientas escritoras documentadas en el periodo romántico español conocemos la biografía y la obra, a menudo incompleta, de muy pocas, ya que estos datos aparecen diseminados por distintos fondos de difícil...
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Set up as both a mystery and an adventure novel, State of Wonder is built around a mysterious fertility drug that would allow women to give birth well into old age. Patchett's medical investigators offer us forensic detail about the questions, boundaries, and morality of medical research, third world geography, environment and society, as well as the impact of intervention on both people and nature. Marina Singh is sent into a Brazilian jungle to...
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The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a portrait of this American author, illuminating her thoughts, travels, philosophies, writing career, and dealings with family, friends, and fans. This is a fresh look at the author in her own words. Gathered from museums, archives, and personal collections, the letters span over sixty years, from 1894 to 1956, and shed new light on Wilder's day-to-day living. Here we see her as a businesswoman and an...
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This is the second and final volume of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell's 1957 biography of Charlotte "Brontë, Charlotte Brontë - A Monograph". The first biography of this seminal literary figure, this volume provides a fantastic and unique insight into her life and mind, making it a must-read for fans of her work. Emily Jane Brontë (1818 – 1848), also known under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, was an English poet and novelist best known for her only novel...
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Originally published in 1922, "Stories, Dreams and Allegories" is a posthumous collection of writings by Schreiner inspired by dreams and her experiences living on a South African farm. Contents include: 'The Buddhist Priest's Wife', 'On the Banks of a Full River', 'Two Visions', and many more. Olive Schreiner (1855—1920) was a South African anti-war campaigner, intellectual, and author most famous for her highly-acclaimed novel "The Story of an...
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"The Three Brontës" is an 1912 treatise on the Brontë sisters by Mary St. Clair. Within this volume Sinclair explores their lives, characters, and works in great detail, offering the reader a fascinating and informative glimpse into their unique world. The Brontës were a famous literary family during the nineteenth century synonymous with the West Riding area of Yorkshire, England. The sisters, Charlotte (1816–1855), Emily (1818–1848), and...
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Meet mythology's fifty fiercest females in this modern retelling of the world's greatest legends.
From feminist fairies to bloodsucking temptresses, half-human harpies and protective Vodou goddesses, these are women who go beyond long-haired, smiling stereotypes. Their stories are so powerful, so entrancing, that they have survived for millennia. Lovingly retold and updated, Kate Hodges places each heroine, rebel and provocateur firmly at the center...
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"In this candid and bluntly humorous collection of essays on a wide range of topics, Lurie begins with a portrait of her life at Radcliffe during World War II when the smartest women in the country were treated like second-class citizens, the most scholarly among them expected to work in factories to support the war effort. She moves on to her unheralded, clumsy attempts and near failure to be a writer and, finally having reached a level of recognition,...
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Women's letters and memoirs were until recently considered to have little historical significance. Many of these materials have disappeared or remain unarchived, often dismissed as ephemera and relegated to basements, attics, closets, and, increasingly, cyberspace rather than public institutions. This collection showcases the range of critical debates that animate thinking about women's archives in Canada. The essays in Basements and Attics, Closets...
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