Author: Ralph John Penny
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521011846
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : es
Pages : 422
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Iberia
Author: James A. Michener
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
ISBN: 0812969804
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 978
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“Massive, beautiful . . . unquestionably some of the best writing on Spain [and] the best that Mr. Michener has ever done on any subject.”—The Wall Street Journal Spain is an immemorial land like no other, one that James A. Michener, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author and celebrated citizen of the world, came to love as his own. Iberia is Michener’s enduring nonfiction tribute to his cherished second home. In the fresh and vivid prose that is his trademark, he not only reveals the celebrated history of bullfighters and warrior kings, painters and processions, cathedrals and olive orchards, he also shares the intimate, often hidden country he came to know, where the congeniality of living souls is thrust against the dark weight of history. Wild, contradictory, passionately beautiful, this is Spain as experienced by a master writer.
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
ISBN: 0812969804
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
“Massive, beautiful . . . unquestionably some of the best writing on Spain [and] the best that Mr. Michener has ever done on any subject.”—The Wall Street Journal Spain is an immemorial land like no other, one that James A. Michener, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author and celebrated citizen of the world, came to love as his own. Iberia is Michener’s enduring nonfiction tribute to his cherished second home. In the fresh and vivid prose that is his trademark, he not only reveals the celebrated history of bullfighters and warrior kings, painters and processions, cathedrals and olive orchards, he also shares the intimate, often hidden country he came to know, where the congeniality of living souls is thrust against the dark weight of history. Wild, contradictory, passionately beautiful, this is Spain as experienced by a master writer.
A History of the Spanish Language
Author: Ralph John Penny
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521011846
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : es
Pages : 422
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521011846
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : es
Pages : 422
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Athenaeum
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Languages : en
Pages : 876
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Pages : 876
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The Athenaeum
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Pages : 870
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Pages : 870
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The Prado
Author: Eugenia Afinoguénova
Publisher: Penn State University Press
ISBN: 9780271078588
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Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Explores the history of Spain's most iconic art museum. Highlights the political history of the museum's relation to the monarchy, the church, and the liberal nation state, as well as its role as an extension of Madrid's social center, the Prado Promenade.
Publisher: Penn State University Press
ISBN: 9780271078588
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Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Explores the history of Spain's most iconic art museum. Highlights the political history of the museum's relation to the monarchy, the church, and the liberal nation state, as well as its role as an extension of Madrid's social center, the Prado Promenade.
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish Culture
Author: David T. Gies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521574297
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This book offers a comprehensive account of modern Spanish culture, tracing its dramatic and often unexpected development from its beginnings after the Revolution of 1868 to the present day. Specially-commissioned essays by leading experts provide analyses of the historical and political background of modern Spain, the culture of the major autonomous regions (notably Castile, Catalonia, and the Basque Country), and the country's literature: narrative, poetry, theatre and the essay. Spain's recent development is divided into three main phases: from 1868 to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War; the period of the dictatorship of Francisco Franco; and the post-Franco arrival of democracy. The concept of 'Spanish culture' is investigated, and there are studies of Spanish painting and sculpture, architecture, cinema, dance, music, and the modern media. A chronology and guides to further reading are provided, making the volume an invaluable introduction to the politics, literature and culture of modern Spain.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521574297
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This book offers a comprehensive account of modern Spanish culture, tracing its dramatic and often unexpected development from its beginnings after the Revolution of 1868 to the present day. Specially-commissioned essays by leading experts provide analyses of the historical and political background of modern Spain, the culture of the major autonomous regions (notably Castile, Catalonia, and the Basque Country), and the country's literature: narrative, poetry, theatre and the essay. Spain's recent development is divided into three main phases: from 1868 to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War; the period of the dictatorship of Francisco Franco; and the post-Franco arrival of democracy. The concept of 'Spanish culture' is investigated, and there are studies of Spanish painting and sculpture, architecture, cinema, dance, music, and the modern media. A chronology and guides to further reading are provided, making the volume an invaluable introduction to the politics, literature and culture of modern Spain.
The Athenaeum
Author: James Silk Buckingham
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Languages : en
Pages : 912
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Pages : 912
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Subjects of the Day
Author: James Samuelson
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Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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The Literary World
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Pages : 580
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Pages : 580
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The History of the Mohammedan Dynasties in Spain
Author: Ahmed ibn Mohammed al-Makkari
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415297714
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1022
Book Description
This is the original History of the Modammedan Dynasties of Spain reprinted from the first edition of 1840-1843. It represents the foundations of our modern understanding of a great civilisation.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415297714
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1022
Book Description
This is the original History of the Modammedan Dynasties of Spain reprinted from the first edition of 1840-1843. It represents the foundations of our modern understanding of a great civilisation.