La Vida...En Poesía

The Martin Fierro, the classic argentine poem, has been the subject of studies and discussions ever since the issuing of its first part edition -el gaucho Martin Fierro- in 1873, and there have been many ensuing editions, including some still available, to prove it. This new edition of both parts aims to render a balanced startpoint to the study of the literary piece. This edition is based on the original texts: El gaucho Martin Fierro Imprenta de La Pampa, 1872, and La vuelta de Martin Fierro Libreria del Plata, 1879, and includes no less than 535 lexicographic notes, conveniently placed at...

These poems are about Love, Life and Living. The world is seen as a beautiful, complex and diverse place. These poems provide a picturesque view of the world. Love is beautiful when the going is good and terrible when it goes bad, leading to heartaches, nervous breakdown and sometimes even death. It can make or mare a man and has been the reason for the downfall of some notable successful men. Life is mysterious. Full of ups and down and has different stages which I prefer to call part 1, part 2 and for some people, part 3. The only constant thing in life is change and as each day comes with...

CÓMO ATRAVESAR UN ESPEJO SIN QUE SE HAGA AÑICOS Francisco Fenoy es un “peregrino de aires” que lleva asumida su nostalgia como una esplendorosa identidad: sólo lo que fue es, y ahí reside lo eterno, afirma en versos de difícil transparencia, a la vez luminosos y misteriosos como la luz del día: “En gozosa mirada la sangre crece y gira y gira con esas alas de la infancia…” Sólo la infancia dura en el hombre a quien la vida no ha secado su corazón; y la infancia, tema recurrente en Francisco Fenoy, logra encaramarse a unos versos grandiosos y sencillos, en los que a veces se...

Quan Barry embarks on discursive inquiry in Controvertibles. She lifts familiar cultural moments out of their usual settings and repositions them in front of new, disparate backdrops, endeavoring to understand the essence of modern experience. Doug Flutie's famous Hail Mary pass and Rutger Hauer's role in Blade Runner are contextualized within the Tibetan Book of the Dead, while an ultrasound reading acts as a meditation on the limits of critical theory. Samantha Smith, the Shroud of Turin, Igor Stravinsky, Bob Beamon's world-record-setting long jump, the largo from Handel's Xerxes, the...