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Erich Auerbach (1892–1957) was Sterling Professor of Romance Languages at Yale University. He is widely recognized as one of the foundational figures of comparative literature. Edward W. Said (1935–2003) was professor of literature at Columbia University and the author of Orientalism.
The classic book that has taught generations how to read Western literature
More than half a century after its translation into English, Erich Auerbach's Mimesis...
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"A meditation instructor and former English teacher shows how the great classics of Western literature illustrate the essential concepts of Eastern philosophy. The discussion includes works by authors such as John Keats, William Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf, Frederick Douglass, and many others."--
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"Reading literature in a time of climate emergency can sometimes feel a bit like fiddling while Rome burns. Yet, at this turning point for the planet, scientists, policymakers, and activists have woken up to the power of stories to fight global warming. In Literature for a Changing Planet, Martin Puchner ranges across four thousand years of world literature to draw vital lessons about how we put ourselves on the path of climate change-and how we might...
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"Reflections on a lost poem and its rediscovery by contemporary poets. Gilgamesh is the most ancient long poem known to exist. It is also the newest classic in the canon of world literature. Lost for centuries to the sands of the Middle East but found again in the 1850s, it tells the story of a great king, his heroism, and his eventual defeat. It is a story of monsters, gods, and cataclysms, and of intimate friendship and love. Acclaimed literary...
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The revered teacher and bestselling author reflects on the power, importance, and joy of a life dedicated to reading books in this delightful collection drawn from his wide body of writings. More than fifty years after his death, revered intellectual and teacher C. S. Lewis continues to speak to readers, thanks not only to his intellectual insights on Christianity but also his wondrous creative works and deep reflections on the literature that influenced...
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A masterful work by a master poet, this brilliant summation of poetry and human nature will speak to all readers who long to place poetry in their lives.
How to Read a Poem is an unprecedented exploration of poetry and feeling. In language at once acute and emotional, National Book Critics Circle award-winning distinguished poet and critic Edward Hirsch describes why poetry matters and how we can open up our imaginations so that its message can...
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In poetry, there lies a canvas, a blank space to create a universe, where you cannot prepare yourself for any sets of unusual reality. A little imagination to mesmerize, inspiration is a significant different voice from art, philosophy, and religion. Poetry attempts to use consistent abstract thoughts to inspire words, which they fail to articulate. Keith Phillip sees poetry as a window to his own unpredictable self, willing to take risks, risking...
8) El Príncipe
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Las personas que intentan obtener el beneplácito de algún soberano, a menudo le ofrecen algo de gran importancia para ellos mismos, o algo que saben es de su particular agrado. Es por esto que los gobernantes siempre están recibiendo caballos, armas, brocados de oro, joyas y todo tipo de ropas elegantes que los donatarios consideran apropiados. Con la esperanza de traer ante vuestra Majestad una muestra de mi lealtad, me doy cuenta de que no hay...
9) Plots
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Robert L. Belknap's theory of plot illustrates the active and passive role literature plays in creating its own dynamic reading experience. Literary narrative enchants us through its development of plot, but plot tells its own story about the making of narrative, revealing through its structures, preoccupations, and strategies of representation critical details about how and when a work came into being. Through a rich reading of Shakespeare's King...
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Maurice, a central text within the gay literary canon, is by far one of the bravest creative works written within the genre of LGBT literature, arguably, it is one of the bravest texts of the early twentieth century. The novel is an essence a BILDUNGSROMAN that traces the emotional development of the eponymous hero as he deals with the repercussions of being homosexual in Edwardian England. Although, written by E.M. Forster, during 1913-19 14, he...
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What is it like to be a student nurse? What are the joys, the stresses, the transcendent moments, the fall-off-your-bed- laughing moments, and the terrors that have to be faced and stared down? And how might nurses, looking back, relate these experiences in ways that bring these memories to life again and provide historical context for how nursing education has changed and yet remained the same? In brave, revealing, and often humorous poetry and prose,...
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Juan García Ponce: la mirada oblicua es una lectura de la vida y la obra de García Ponce a partir de algunos presupuestos esenciales extraídos de la propia poética del autor. No se trata solo de destacar algunos temas fundamentales y recurrentes de su obra—una sexualidad abierta que no se sustenta en la moral instituida, el incesto entre hermanos, la homosexualidad, el deseo como la fuerza que rige los comportamientos humanos, el rechazo a las...
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El tiburón ballena, a pesar de su nombre, no es una ballena sino el pez más grande del mundo. Se conoce como el gigante del mar. Aunque su tamaño es enorme, no es agresivo sino amigable y no ataca al ser humano. Tiene numerosos dientes y… ¡no puede masticar ni morder!
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This book investigates synaesthesia in philosophy and literature, from Aristotle to Charles Baudelaire to Jean-Luc Nancy and beyond. Its central claim is that while synaesthesia is generally read as a figure of transcendence and unity, there is another effect of synaesthesia, one that articulates differences and displaces essence. This other synaesthesia opens up within or alongside the more familiar sense of synaesthesia as synthesis, pointing to...
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Create authentic Heroines for script and film that women of all ages believe in.
Tired of seeing inauthentic Heroine's dressed up in sex costumes and playing a man's role? Done with the Princess that is waiting to be saved by her Prince Charming? Denise Ross has a Master's Degree in Film as it relates to the Heroine's Journey and she will guide you through the feminine journey to create characters that females can and will relate to. Yes, the Heroine's...
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"Honorable Mention for the 2015 René Wellek Prize, American Comparative Literature Association" Rivkah Zim teaches early modern English and comparative literature at King's College London. She is the author of English Metrical Psalms: Poetry as Praise and Prayer, 1535–1601.
Why writing in captivity is a vitally important form of literary resistance
Boethius wrote The Consolation of Philosophy as a prisoner condemned to death for treason, circumstances...
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Get the Summary of Harold Bloom's The Western Canon in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Western Canon" by Harold Bloom is a comprehensive exploration of the literary works and authors that have shaped Western culture. Bloom delves into the concept of the Canon, emphasizing its evolution from a prescriptive list of essential readings to a more personal selection of literature that fosters individual connections....
20) Cena de cenizas
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En esta novela hay una torre, una computadora central y hombres acaudalados que ejercen el poder; hay una mujer que accede a la torre sin saber que su sola presencia será suficiente para producir el colapso del oscuro sistema que la torre protege. La trama de Cena de cenizas es compleja, nos hace sentir en un laberinto, en un acertijo cuya única regla parece ser la incongruencia: adversarios que son aliados, maternidades atípicas y contradictorias,...
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