Rimas Y Leyendas (Spanish Edition - Edición Española) (Hardcover)


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Las Rimas y Leyendas de Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer son reconocidos por su belleza y expresión; este libro los incluye a todos según el autor los escribió. Un poeta y autor de talentos supremos, Bécquer es un ícono de la poesía española de la Era Romántica, y sus obras son ampliamente enseñadas en las escuelas de español. A pesar de que mostró tal talento a una edad temprana, su edad adulta en Madrid fue de pobreza y dificultad. A pesar de haber trabajado varias veces, no pudo durar mucho tiempo en un trabajo convencional: el verdadero amor de Bécquer era la poesía y el lenguaje. Gran parte del mejor trabajo de Gustavo Bécquer fue publicado con la ayuda de su hermano Valentino, algunos eran satíricos, mientras que otros escritos eran artísticos. La tragedia ocurrió cuando Valentino, él mismo un pintor fino, cayó gravemente enfermo y murió de tuberculosis. Este evento afectó gravemente a Gustavo; abatido, murió solo dos meses después en la pobreza más extrema de Madrid.







Rimas


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¿De qué color es el mar? / What colour is the Sea?


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A curious little fish flies through the ocean, and although he is curious to know lots of things, what most interests him is the colour of the sea. Intrigued by the mystery, he asks the night, the moon, the stars that twinkle in the sky, the sun that sheds light on everything, the other fish, the old turtle, the enormous shark… but each of them says a different colour, depending on how they see it. In his desire to know the answer, the little fish makes friends with a boy who is playing on the beach making sandcastles. And then, at last, the boy’s smile lets him see the “true” colour of the sea. This story is a snippet of what the sea represents and what it gives us. Of its immense variety of fish, of the different inhabitants its waters cross, of the glints of light and the whiteness of its water when it turns to foam… It is an invitation to love and care for the sea!




The Real Don Juan


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Don Juan Tenorio is an important and influential Spanish classic which gives a softened, romanticised version of the infamous hero and ends, uniquely, in his repentance and salvation. First seen in 1844, it is Zorrilla's best-known play and is still performed every year in Spain on All Souls' Day. The play, in Ranjit Bolt's stunning rhyming verse translations, was given an extensive tour by the Oxford Stage Company in late 1990.




From Muslim to Christian Granada


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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue. Old Bones for a New City -- 1 Granada in the Sixteenth Century -- 2 Controversy and Propaganda -- 3 Forging History: Granadino Historiography and the Sacromonte -- 4 Civic Ritual and Civic Identity -- 5 The Plomos and the Sacromonte in Granadino Piety -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.




Superhero Comics


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A complete guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Superhero Comics helps readers explore the most successful and familiar of comic book genres. In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book reveals: ·The history of superhero comics-from mythic influences to 21st century evolutions ·Cultural contexts-from the formative politics of colonialism, eugenics, KKK vigilantism, and WWII fascism to the Cold War's transformative threat of mutually assured destruction to the on-going revolutions in African American and sexual representation ·Key texts-from the earliest pre-Comics-Code Superman and Batman to the latest post-Code Ms. Marvel and Black Panther ·Approaches to visual analysis-from layout norms to narrative structure to styles of abstraction




The Myths of Argentine History


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José Rangel Cantú


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Reference Guide to World Literature


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Covers writers from the ancient Greeks to 20th-century authors. Includes biographical-bibliographical entries on nearly 500 writers and approximately 550 entries focusing on significant works of world literature. Each author entry provides a detailed overview of the writer's life and works. Work entries cover a particular piece of world literature in detail.