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Umbra Vitae (segunda edición, ilustrada por Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1924) contiene los poemas póstumos de Georg Heym. En ellos, plasma una síntesis poética entre la necesidad de expresión artística, la inconformidad con su entorno y la adaptación como base del orden social. Construye un universo poético confinado a paisajes de "distancia inabarcable" y ciudades "desesperantemente estrechas", donde la distinción entre naturaleza y espacio social desaparece para convertirse en un "estancamiento vacío y desierto" (Starre der leeren Öde). "Estancamiento" y "desierto", leitmotivs de la...

Selected with special dedication by the knowing eye of a beloved Colombian poet, this anthology of impassioned poetry is unique within the genre, given that each poem represents a different place in the spectrum of desire—ranging from tormenting lust to the delightful pleasure of a simple "I love you." Within these pages is the loving lyricism and sentiment of such poets as Tennessee Williams, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Walt Whitman, André Bréton, and Dylan Thomas. Escogidos con especial dedicación por el ojo conocedor de un poeta adorado colombiano, este recetario pasional constituye una...

Gabriel Aresti (1933-1975) es el escritor mas sobresaliente de la literatura vasca del siglo XX. Esta edicion bilingue traza exhaustivamente el contexto historico y literario en que se desarrollan estas obras y realiza su analisis para clarificarlas.

The Essence of a Young Poet is about a teenager (Juan Manuel) that started facing a lot of problems and heartaches as soon as he entered high school and encountered reality face to face. Throughout the book he goes through a lot of shifts of emotions as he encounters those problems. On his freshmen year he fell in love with a junior that played with his feelings and then broke his heart; as a result of that, he fell into a deep depression and started heading toward a dark path. Without the presence of his father, he had nobody to turn to that he could trust and express himself to, to help him ...