The stories "Abel Sanzhez", "The Madness of Doctor Montarco", and "Saint Emmanuel the Good Marty" are three of the Spanish philosopher Unamuno's most haunting parables. Quixotic madmen are the protagonists of these imaginative stories, which probe the horror of a nothingness beyond death. The Introduction by Anthony Kerrigan, the translator, ...
In the third part of the Nova Tetralogy, Burroughs uses the cut-up technique to explore language systems in this continuing saga of the Nova Mob and its totalitarian hold on humanity. Known for exploding notions of plot, structure, logic, and rationality, and reducing narrative to an entirely personal, metaphorical account, Burroughs again uses ...
This collection comprises three genres: Poetry, Theater, and Narrative. Ideal for contemporary literature studies. Each book contains the following: text with notes that enhance comprehension, a basic outline of society and culture, a literary analysis of the work by prominent scholars and a chronological chart.
Paz en la guerra, publicada en 1898, tras larga elaboracion y revision, es una novela extensa, centrada en la segunda guerra carlista en Bilbao. Lo agreste, la ciudad, la burguesia, el comercio y el progreso estan encarnados en la familia protagonista. Simbolo del drama interior de la dolorosa guerra.
El tema del odio y de la envidia son el argumento de la obra tratados desde un punto de vista literario. Unamuno supo convertirlos en materia de obras literarias fuertemente originales e incitantes. No en vano, Unamuno es el gran agitador de espiritus que prefiere plantear interrogantes a proponer soluciones.
This collection provides an excellent introduction to three of the most important names in twentieth-century Spanish philosophy: Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936), Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955), and Jose Ferrater Mora (1912-1991). The thought-provoking work of these great contemporary philosophers offers a rich and penetrating insight into human ...
In The Great Chiasmus, Olson explores the use of the grammatical figure called the chiasmus in the work of Miguel de Unamuno. The chiasmus, a reversal in the order of words or parts of speech in parallel phrases, appears on a variety of levels, from brief microstructures ("blanca como la nieve y como la nieve fria"), to the narrative structures of ...
Twentieth-century philosopher and novelist Miguel de Unamuno is a key figure in Peninsular Spanish thinking. This text offers a comparative psychoanalytic study of his work, examining firstly his philosophy and then seven of his major literary texts. Unamuno, philosopher, writer and academic, is well-known for his letters, yet his importance in a ...
Miguel de Unamuno was profoundly influenced by Sren Kierkegaard's pseudonymous works at a time when Kierkegaard was virtually unknown in Southern Europe. This book explores the scope and character of that influence, clarifies misconceptions in the relationship between the authors, and offers an original, Kierkegaardian reading of three of Unamuno ...
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