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"Christian Wiman, a thinker "at the very source of theology" (Marilynne Robinson), braids poetry, memoir, and criticism to create an inspired, career-defining work"-- Few contemporary writers ask the questions about faith, morality, and God that Christian Wiman does, and even fewer--perhaps none--do so with his urgency and eloquence. Wiman, an award-winning poet and the author of My Bright Abyss, lays the motion of his mind on the page in this genre-defying...

"A delightful romp through the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to him became an act of blasphemy... and who the Bard might really be"--

Manuel Benítez comparte con nosotros en este magnífico libro, Ascua de luna, sus pulsiones temáticas universales con el colorido visual que le otorga su doble vocación: la del pintor y la del escritor. Su lenguaje –tal como en su prosa y en sus lienzos– es plástico, vitalista y profundamente metafórico. Personificaciones y homofonías tales como: La vida no se apaga si la llama de Dios te llama. Nunca creí que la madera tuviera tanta fuerza/...

Hay en este libro un elogio sigiloso de lo mínimo. Y también de lo nuevo, de la actualidad, de lo reciente. No se trata de una exaltación de las grandes bibliotecas ni de los vates modernos sino de una íntima historia de inclinación por la poesía, por los llamados géneros menores y por los lectores pequeños en edad, como los propios nietos. En este libro que se abre a la historia personal de los afectos y a la vez reflexiona sobre el lenguaje...

Póngale usted el título que quiera es una obra con al menos dos libros. En las páginas impares, el reto de empezar cada poema con el mismo verso nos descubre frente a un espejo donde somos la posibilidad que no fuimos: empezar por desconocernos, por querer ser otro, por ser ese otro y hablar con las plantas, por escribir los poemas que nos pasan, por ver el humo de las naves quemadas… en cada poema, un itinerario situacional y afectivo nos anticipa...

A Study Guide for Graham Greene's "The Third Man," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.

A meditation on literary craft that muses on how and why novels communicate with readers. Shows how fiction operates, exploring the conventions of form, the novel as a house that one must build brick by brick, and the objects and characters that build out the world of the novel. The author uses his own line drawings to portray the ebb and flow of novels. He considers how writers invent or discover their characters, the importance or unimportance...

From medieval romances and tales of chivalry found in the realist novels of the 19th century, to experimental modernist works and today's explorations of the self, Great Novels explores the finest novels from around the world and through time.

Likely written around 1607 or 1608 and attributed at least in part to Shakespeare, "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" is an adventure-filled play that follows the extended sailing journeys of a young prince. Pericles, a young prince from Phoenicia, is forced to flee Antioch when he correctly guesses a riddle that reveals the incestuous activity of King Antiochus. Unable to stay at home in Tyre because of Antiochus' vengeance, he sails away and ends up shipwrecked...

A Study Guide (New Edition) for Langston Hughes's "Harlem", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.