¿Qué es la poesía?

Este libro ofrece una selección de algunos de los discursos del político, escritor y profesor sudafricano Alan Paton. Paton fue un hombre comprometido con la realidad sudafricana durante la época del apartheid por lo que en todo momento denunció las injusticias que padeció la población negra en esta época. Los discursos seleccionados, publicados por primera vez en este libro, ponen de manifiesto la ideología del autor y apuestan por un cambio de sociedad en Sudáfrica en la que los blancos y los negros puedan vivir en paz.

Winter is coming. Souls' Night draws near. Eostra the Eagle Owl Mage holds the clans in the grip of terror. Torak must leave the Forest and seek her lair in the Mountain of Ghosts, while Renn faces an agonizing decision. Wolf, their faithful pack-brother, must overcome wrenching grief.

Although the three authors studied, Ana Maria Matute, Carmen Martin Gaite, and Esther Tusquets, are sophisticated intellectuals, they have chosen fairy tales and texts from other marginalized genres originally for female consumption (such as the novela rosa and the Hollywood women's picture) as the major intertexts in their novels for adults as well as in their fictions for children. Against the backdrop feminist theory and recent critical studies of fairy tales and children's literature, Solino studies the works of these authors as "gendered texts." Solino's book opens with a chapter that...

Each title in this series, created by teachers and writers, provides a complete and thoughtful analysis of several of the most valuable works of world literature. Intended as a starting point for a better understanding and appreciation of literature, each analysis also imparts information about the author, social and historical background information, structure and traditions of literary genres, facts about characters, and a bibliography to encourage further intellectual exploration. Esta coleccion es una herramienta indispensable para el estudio y analisis de obras clasicas de la literatura...