Las flores y los tanques

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Paisaje con figuras estudia el viaje del Beagle por el sur americano, en el que abordaron Robert Fitz Roy y un joven Charles Darwin, y las representaciones literarias y visuales producidas durante la travesía. Enmarcada en algunas aproximaciones de las teorías poscoloniales, Penhos busca desnaturalizar los discursos heredados por medio del estudio de las imágenes en su contexto de producción, y desenmascarar la violencia implícita en las relaciones coloniales en las que se inscriben estos viajes, que puede descubrirse también en sus imágenes y discursos.

In this book, Manuel Fernández exposes some of the great chapters in the history of the Templars, exploring their great secrets and bringing to light little-referenced episodes, such as their connection with the Holy Grail and the knights of King Arthur, the existence of two factions within the Order and mysticism within the brotherhood.

Popular American essayist, novelist, and journalist CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER (1829-1900) was renowned for the warmth and intimacy of his writing, which encompassed travelogue, biography and autobiography, fiction, and more, and influenced entire generations of his fellow writers. Here, the prolific writer turned editor for his final grand work, a splendid survey of global literature, classic and modern, and it's not too much to suggest that if his friend and colleague Mark Twain-who stole Warner's quip about how "everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it"-had...