"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...

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...

La pensée a joué - et joue toujours - un rle vital dans le devenir de l'espèce humaine dont l'histoire se conçoit et se crée à travers elle. C'est par elle, également, que l'humanité a su pallier des faiblesses qui la rendent vulnérable aux phénomènes naturels. On peut donc s'attendre à en voir la trace dans la façon dont diverses sociétés ont projeté leur existence et assumé leur place dans le monde. Comment la pensée structure-t-elle,...

"Discover the flower gardens, vegetable plots, landscapes and writing hideaways of 30 great authors - from Louisa May Alcott's 'Orchard House' where she wrote Little Women and Agatha Christie at Greenway, to Virginia Woolf at Monk's House and the Massachusetts home of Edith Wharton.Fully illustrated with specially commissioned photography plus archive images, and spanning centuries and continents, this book visits the homes and gardens that inspired...

Únete al fenómeno que ha inspirado la serie de Netflix. Charlie nunca pensó que podría gustarle a Nick, pero ahora son novios. Oficialmente. Y Nick incluso se lo ha contado a su madre. Pero dar este paso no es algo que hagas una sola vez: está el hermano mayor de Nick, el viaje a París y todos sus amigos y familia... Y la vida puede ser dura, incluso cuando tienes a tu lado a alguien que te quiere. A medida que sus sentimientos se vuelven más...

"What did children do for fun and entertainment long ago? Readers can find out in this book filled with exciting photographs to show what toys and games were like in the past"--

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"Going to school looks a lot different now than it did in the past. Historical photographs show readers what being a student used to look like, and engaging text helps them compare it to today"--

"Jim Finley - a recently retired English teacher living alone on the shifting edge of San Francisco - has been set, unwittingly, on the back porch of life. Trying to harmonize the voices in his head, he sits most days by his stack of "to-do" books until, one day, his daughter comes home with the worst news of her life. Everything changes - it must - and as his broken heart reengages, he steps back into a new world. He sees his ex-wife has launched...

"How did we live in our homes before electricity and running water? Readers will find out in this book about homes then and now, with full-color photographs that bring the past to life"--