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Breviarios del Fondo de Cultura Económica volume 575
Publisher
Fondo de Cultura Económica
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 556
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Considering literature comparatively can help readers realize how much can be learned by looking beyond the horizon of their own cultures, discovering not only more about other literatures, but also about their own. Ben Hutchinson offers a history of comparative literature, placing it at the heart of literary criticism.
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
This collection of 5 dozen pieces of literary criticism was published in the Washington Post between March 2003 and January 2010. It is a collection of Yardley's opinions of books that he believes are worthy of a second look. They scan the realms of fiction, biography and autobiography, memoirs, and history.
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"In Wild Things, Vanity Fair contributing editor Bruce Handy revisits the classics of every American childhood, from fairy tales to The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and explores the back stories of their creators, using context and biography to understand how some of the most insightful, creative, and witty authors and illustrators of their times created their often deeply personal masterpieces. Along the way, Handy learns what The Cat in the Hat says...
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Series
Publisher
Editoriales Edaf
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
En este completo manual se ofrece de modo exhaustivo, y a la vez ágil y manejable, un graduado recorrido por la historia de nuestras letras. La literatura en lengua española es, sin duda, una de las aportaciones más valiosas a la cultura universal. A lo largo de los siglos, a uno y otro lado del Atlántico se ha ido forjando un repertorio amplio, variado y extremadamente rico, innovador y revolucionario en sus momentos estelares, razonable adaptación...
11) Latest readings
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Language
English
Description
“[A] collection of Clive James’s essays on a variety of literary topics . . . This is sanity, humor and acuity in the face of death” (The Wall Street Journal).
In 2010, Clive James was diagnosed with terminal leukemia. Deciding that “if you don’t know the exact moment when the lights will go out, you might as well read until they do,” James moved his library to his...
In 2010, Clive James was diagnosed with terminal leukemia. Deciding that “if you don’t know the exact moment when the lights will go out, you might as well read until they do,” James moved his library to his...
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
In this delightfully tongue-in-cheek book, a #3 best-seller in France, literature professor Bayard contends that, in this age of infinite publication, the truly cultivated person is not the one who has read a book but the one who understands the book's place in our culture. Using examples from works by Graham Greene, Umberto Eco, and others (and even the movie Groundhog Day), Bayard examines the many kinds of "non-reading" (forgotten books,
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Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives, by one of the world's most eminent bibliophiles Alberto Manguel, in a style both charming and erudite, examines how literary characters live with us from childhood on. Throughout the years, they change their identities and emerge from behind their stories to teach us about the complexities of love, loss, and the world itself. Manguel's favorite characters include...
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