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The Literary Calavera or calavera literaria (Spanish: literary skull) is a traditional Mexican literary form: a satirical or light-hearted writing in verse, often composed for the Day of the Dead. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In some parts of Mexico, it is a common tradition for children and adults to write "Calaveritas" (Spanish: little skull ) for friends ...
The Biographia Literaria is a critical autobiography by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published in 1817 in two volumes.Its working title was 'Autobiographia Literaria'. The formative influences on the work were William Wordsworth's theory of poetry, the Kantian view of imagination as a shaping power (for which Coleridge later coined the neologism "esemplastic"), various post-Kantian writers ...
La Gaceta Literaria was started as a bimonthly publication in Madrid in 1927. [1] [2] Its founder and editor was Ernesto Giménez Caballero.[3] [4] Guillermo de Torre was the secretary of the editorial board, but left the magazine in August 1927 when he settled in Argentina.
A genre of arts criticism, literary criticism or literary studies is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature.Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical analysis of literature's goals and methods.
Rumiko Takahashi (高橋 留美子, Takahashi Rumiko, born October 10, 1957) is a Japanese manga artist.With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with Urusei Yatsura in 1978, she is one of Japan's best-known and wealthiest manga artists.
Kingman was born in Loja, Ecuador on February 23, 1913. [1] His father, Edward Kingman, had moved to Ecuador from Newton, Connecticut.Kingman was the elder brother of journalist Nicolás Kingman Riofrío.
Guayasamín himself suffered personally in the last months of his life, after his 27-year-old grand-daughter Maita Madriñan Guayasamín, [6] her 4-year-old daughter Alejandra and her 4-month-old son Martín (both Guayasamín's great-grandchildren) were killed in the crash of Cubana de Aviación Flight 389 in Quito in August 1998 [7] [8]
The jarabe is mostly associated with Jalisco but it is also popular in a number of other western states such as Nayarit, Colima and Guanajuato. Sones are particularly popular in the south of the state. Some traditional ones from Jalisco include El Son de la Madrugada, El Son de las Alanzas, El Son del la Negra and El Son de las Copetonas. [53]