24 horas con la gauche divine

In this book we're invited to choose words randomly, to count syllables, to let the stress in the words make its music, to give in to the meaning of words, to become readers of poetry, to spread the verses in Spanish that are ours and everybody's. Many wrongly believe that verses are written in a state of agitation, enthusiasm, or near-dementia, but, to the benefit of those trying to write their first poem, Hiriart proves that this is hardly ever the case. Great examples of poetry from classic and contemporary authors, and anecdotes and dialogues of great wit and precision, make this volume a ...

La tierra de los abetos puntiagudos (1896) és l'obra narrativa més coneguda de l'autora nord-americana Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909). Relata les vivències d'una escriptora que passa l'estiu en un tranquil poble pesquer en la costa de l'estat de Maine. En una prosa tan senzilla com impactant, la narradora-protagonista ens conta com, a poc a poc, es veu immersa en la curiosa gamma de personatges que formen la comunitat de Dunnet Landing i, alhora, aprèn a veure amb ulls renovats la bellesa del paisatge de Nova Anglaterra. Estructurada en una sèrie d'episodis encadenats, aquesta novel·la...

Bartolome Hidalgo (Montevideo, 1788 - Moron, Buenos Aires Province, 1822) is the first poet to have utilized the Spanish language to capture the qualities of gaucho speech His writings, comprising a series of lyrical, narrative and dialogic texts about current political concerns of the second and third decades of the 19th century in both margins of the Rio de la Plata, have been recognized by the most respected literary critics of the region -Sarmiento, Mitre, Leguizamon, Rojas, Falcao Espalter, Borges- as the initiation of this most original genre, and Hidalgo, consequently, the first...

Teoría(s) de la novela moderna en Españarevisa, a través de trece contribuciones de otros tantos autores, la forma de transmitir la teoría y la historia de la literatura y abre vías de reflexión para posibilitar una historia formal de la novela moderna(1868-1966). Cuestiona el enfoque lineal y la segmentación historicista y busca entender el enfrentamiento que a lo largo del siglo xx ha ido oponiendo a los defensores de un arte –predominantemente– realista o mimético a los partidarios de un arte –predominantemente– antimimético, es decir, un arte por el arte, un arte...