Biografía y textualidades, naturaleza y subjetividad

This volume contains an examination of what are described as the most poetic examples of Chilean prose written in the 20th century. By adopting Ralph Freedman's conceptual definition of lyrical narrative and using it as her point of departure, Professor Kostopolos-Cooperman argues that the protean and magical nature of Bombal's lyrical prose transcends the causal, temporal and spatial movement that characterizes conventional fiction. In her view, Bombal's work is rather a narrative that arises in the poetic imagination of a narrator who creates a tapestry of expanding musical and pictorial...

Un movimiento arrollador, un nuevo modo de pensar aparece en la vida literaria española a caballo entre los siglos XIX y XX. Es el modernismo, que encarna en España lo que en Europa se definió como simbolismo, espiritualismo, decadentismo, primitivismo. Se trata de la búsqueda, más allá de la contemporaneidad burguesa, de la belleza, del gozo y de la melancolía de las cosas, de la vitalidad, así como de lo arcaico, del milenarismo que está fuera del tiempo y no conoce las banalizaciones de la historia profana. En este ensayo se examinan cuatro grandres figuras significativas del...

An introductory yoga book that presents it in a very close and understanding way. It begins with the question "Can you do many things at once?" in order to lead the reader to the realization that doing just one thing can be much harder than doing many things simultaneously. The simplest and natural thing to do is simply breathe. This book includes a reading guide as an important practical component for those who want to begin the practice of yoga through easy postures. Un libro introductorio al yoga que lo presenta de una manera muy pr�xima y entendedora. � Parte de la pregunta...

Juan's father, a fisherman, is caught in a storm and returns very ill. Guided by his friend, the Moon, Juan takes a magical trip to the bottom of the sea and recaptures his father's health from an ornery octopus.