Conflicts and Conciliations

Fabienne Bradu explora la obra del poeta chileno Gonzalo Rojas con una estrategia crítica capaz de ofrecer una verdadera cercanía al poeta y su pensamiento en la lectura de su poesía. Con una intimidad intelectual difícil de superar, Bradu vislumbra la tierra natal, el amor y el exilio de este "místico turbulento", uno de los mayores poetas de nuestra lengua.

Esta edición constituye la primera compilación de la obra escrita de Francisco Laso (1823-1869), uno de los pintores más complejos del siglo XIX, pero también una de las figuras públicas más representatives de su generacíon.

Following studies by Goodman, Waley, and Darst, this new study of Garcilaso's work rejects as unfounded the traditional readings of Garcilaso's poetry based on the idea of sincerity and the poet's frustrated love for the Portuguese lady-in-waiting Isabel Freire. In place of the much-abused concept of sincerity, Heiple argues that the intellectual currents of the Renaissance are much more important for the analysis of Garcilaso's poetry. He analyzes in Garcilaso's poetry the uses of Renaissance concepts of mythology, poetic style, theories of love, primitivism, and iconological traditions....

This work features the best bibliography ever assembled on commonplace books and literature in English. The book focuses on writing, writers and the joys as well as travails of travel.