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Orlando: una biografía

Orlando: una biografía

Autor: Virginia Woolf

Número de Páginas: 147

En Orlando (1928) encontramos una obra acaso inclasificable, mezcla de parodia del género biográfico con novela de aventuras, donde su protagonista, un joven aristócrata, transita por los siglos, desde la Inglaterra isabelina hasta los comienzos del siglo xx. Inspirada en la vida de Vita Sackville-West, su amante desde 1922, esta novela tensiona el concepto de identidad, en la transformación de su protagonista de hombre a mujer, y explora los límites de lo que es capaz una ficción. Con una prosa que asombra por su perfección y belleza, por su innovación narrativa y su influencia actual, esta nueva traducción de un clásico de Virginia Woolf deslumbra y conmueve al lector para siempre.

Orlando [Edición ilustrada]

Orlando [Edición ilustrada]

Autor: Virginia Woolf

Número de Páginas: 262

Novela difícilmente clasificable llena de andanzas, de encanto y de maravillosa extrañeza, Orlando (1928) narra los avatares a lo largo de más de trescientos años de quien empieza siendo un caballero de la corte isabelina inglesa y acaba siendo mujer en el siglo XX. Producto en parte de la ambigua pasión de Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) por Vita Sackville-West y antecedente singular del realismo fantástico, la historia de su protagonista, ambientada siempre en sugerentes escenarios e impregnada por la particular obsesión de su autora por el transcurso del tiempo, se desliza como un deslumbrante cuento de hadas ante los fascinados ojos del lector. Esta edición, ilustrada por Alicia Caboblanco, con traducción de María Luisa Balseiro, ofrece una interpretación visual de uno de los relatos más interesantes y sugerentes de Virginia Woolf.

Orlando

Orlando

Autor: Virginia Woolf

Número de Páginas: 281

Novela difícilmente clasificable llena de andanzas, de encanto y de maravillosa extrañeza, "Orlando" (1928) narra los avatares a lo largo de más de trescientos años de quien empieza siendo un caballero de la corte isabelina inglesa y acaba siendo mujer en el siglo XX. Producto en parte de la ambigua pasión de Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) por Vita Sackville-West y antecedente singular del realismo fantástico, la historia de su protagonista, ambientada siempre en sugerentes escenarios e impregnada por la particular obsesión de su autora por el transcurso del tiempo, se desliza como un deslumbrante cuento de hadas ante los fascinados ojos del lector. La presente edición incorpora las ilustraciones de la edición original que forman parte del propio juego literario y se presenta en una nueva traducción, clara, exigente y escrupulosa. Traducción de María Luisa Balseiro

Orlando

Orlando

Autor: Virginia Woolf

Número de Páginas: 289

'I feel the need of an escapade after these serious poetic experimental books...I want to kick up my heels & be off.' Orlando tells the tale of an extraordinary individual who lives through centuries of English history, first as a man, then as a woman; of his/her encounters with queens, kings, novelists, playwrights, and poets, and of his/her struggle to find fame and immortality not through actions, but through the written word. At its heart are the life and works of Woolf's friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West, and Knole, the historic home of the Sackvilles. But as well as being a love letter to Vita, Orlando mocks the conventions of biography and history, teases the pretensions of contemporary men of letters, and wryly examines sexual double standards. This new edition discusses Woolf's stylistic aims, the biographical parallels, and the work's literary context, and includes the original illustrations. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features,...

The Geschlecht Complex

The Geschlecht Complex

Autor: Oscar Jansson , David Larocca

Número de Páginas: 369

The polysemous German word Geschlecht -- denoting gender, genre, kind, kinship, species, race, and somehow also more -- exemplifies the most pertinent questions of the translational, transdisciplinary, transhistorical, and transnational structures of the contemporary humanities: What happens when texts, objects, practices, and concepts are transferred or displaced from one language, tradition, temporality, or form to another? What is readily transposed, what resists relocation, and what precipitate emerges as distorted or new? Drawing on Barbara Cassin's transformative remarks on untranslatability, and the activity of “philosophizing in languages,” scholars contributing to The Geschlecht Complex examine these and other durable queries concerning the ontological powers of naming, and do so in the light of recent artistic practices, theoretical innovations, and philosophical incitements. Combining detailed case studies of concrete “category problems” in literature, philosophy, media, cinema, politics, painting, theatre, and the performing arts with a range of indispensable excerpts from canonical texts -- by notable, field-defining thinkers such as Apter, Cassin, Cavell,...

ORLANDO - Virginia Woolf

ORLANDO - Virginia Woolf

Autor: Virginia Woolf

Número de Páginas: 296

Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882 – 1941) is considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device and for a demonstration of the sheer vitality of Virginia Woolf's writing, Orlando is unsurpassed. The novel is a provocative exploration of gender and history, as well as of the nature of biography itself; perhaps surprisingly, given these highly intellectual concerns, it was highly popular when first published. Following Orlando over a 400-year life full of adventure, love, and a shift in gender, the character was apparently based on Woolf's lover, Vita Sackville-West. In the court of Elizabeth I, Orlando is a dazzlingly handsome sixteen-year-old nobleman. There follows a frost fair on the Thames, at which a love affair with a Russian princess begins, only to end in heartache. Later Orlando is sent by Charles II as ambassador to the Ottoman court in Constantinople, where he becomes a woman, before returning to England to reside in the company of Pope and Dryden. A marriage in the nineteenth century leads to a son and a career as a writer, and the story ends in 1928, as Woolf's text was published....

The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 4, 1900-1950

The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 4, 1900-1950

Autor: George Watson , I. R. Willison

Número de Páginas: 748

More than fifty specialists have contributed to this new edition of volume 4 of The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. The design of the original work has established itself so firmly as a workable solution to the immense problems of analysis, articulation and coordination that it has been retained in all its essentials for the new edition. The task of the new contributors has been to revise and integrate the lists of 1940 and 1957, to add materials of the following decade, to correct and refine the bibliographical details already available, and to re-shape the whole according to a new series of conventions devised to give greater clarity and consistency to the entries.

Orlando

Orlando

Autor: Virginia Woolf

Número de Páginas: 387

An annotated edition of "Woolf's most intense work," a fantastical biography that spans from the court of Elizabeth I to the year 1928 (Jorge Luis Borges ). Begun as a "joke," Orlando is Virginia Woolf's fantastical biography of a poet who first appears as a sixteen-year-old boy at the court of Elizabeth I, and is left at the novel's end a married woman in the year 1928. From Orlando's early days as a page in the Elizabethan court, through first love, heartbreak, and gender transformation, we follow Woolf's protagonist across centuries, through adventures in Constantinople and friendship with the poet Alexander Pope. All along, Orlando pursues literary success with her long poem, The Oak Tree. Part love letter to Vita Sackville-West, part exploration of the art of biography, Orlando is one of Woolf's most enduringly popular and entertaining works. It has inspired a number of adaptions, including a film version starring Tilda Swinton. This edition, annotated and with an introduction by Maria DiBattista, author of Imagining Virginia Woolf, will deepen readers' understanding of Woolf's brilliant creation.

Top 2 Colección Virginia Woolf

Top 2 Colección Virginia Woolf

Autor: Virginia Woolf

Número de Páginas: 432

TOP 2 COLECCIÓN VIRGINIA WOOLF: Presentamos la colección de las consideradas tres mejores obras de Virginia Woolf. Nuestro listado lo forman: Una habitación propia Orlando Al Faro ★ Orlando Orlando, la sexta gran novela de Virginia Woolf, es una fantástica biografía histórica, que abarca casi 400 años en la vida de su protagonista. La novela fue concebida como una "fiesta del escritor" a partir de novelas más estructuradas y exigentes. Woolf no permitió que el tiempo ni el género limitaran su escritura. El protagonista, Orlando, solo tiene treinta y seis años y cambia de género de hombre a mujer. Esta pseudobiografía satiriza las biografías victorianas más tradicionales que enfatizan los hechos y la verdad en la vida de sus sujetos. Aunque Orlando pudo haber sido una sátira o una festividad, toca temas importantes de género, autoconocimiento y verdad con el estilo poético característico de Virginia Woolf. ★ Al faro Al Faro se divide en tres secciones: "La ventana", "El tiempo pasa" y "El faro". Cada sección está fragmentada en contribuciones de flujo de conciencia de varios narradores. "The Window" (traducida al español como La Ventana) se abre justo...

Orlando

Orlando

Autor: Virginia Woolf

Número de Páginas: 286

« Orlando » by Virginia Woolf is a groundbreaking work of English literature that defies conventional genres and expectations. Published in 1928, the novel chronicles the extraordinary life of Orlando, a young nobleman who begins his journey in Elizabethan England and lives for centuries, experiencing dramatic transformations including a change of gender along the way. Woolfs narrative blends historical fiction, fantasy, and satire, creating a unique meditation on identity, love, and the passage of time. Through Orlandos adventures across different eras and social milieus, Woolf explores themes of gender identity, transformation, and the fluidity of the self. The novel is celebrated for its wit, lyrical prose, and innovative structure, which challenges traditional notions of biography and history. Orlandos immortality and mutable identity serve as a metaphor for the human experience, reflecting Woolfs interest in the complexities of being and the limitations of societal norms. Orlando is widely regarded as a pioneering work in queer literature and feminist writing, as well as a cornerstone of literary modernism. Its playful yet profound examination of love, art, and...

Orlando

Orlando

Autor: Virginia Woolf

Número de Páginas: 297

In "Orlando," Virginia Woolf crafts a phantasmagorical narrative that transcends conventional notions of gender and time. This groundbreaking novel traverses three centuries, following its protagonist, Orlando, who undergoes a miraculous transformation from male to female. Woolf's distinctive stream-of-consciousness style complements the richly imaginative plot, allowing readers to explore themes of identity, fluidity, and the constraints of societal norms. Set against the backdrop of English history, the text wittily critiques patriarchal values and idealizes the liberating potential of artistic expression. Virginia Woolf, a central figure of the modernist literary movement, infused her own experiences and feminist ideologies into her innovative works. Her intricate appreciation of the fluidity of gender and identity is likely derived from her own nonconformist life and relationships, as well as her engagement with the experimental ideas circulating among her contemporaries in the Bloomsbury Group. This innovative narrative thus reflects Woolf's profound philosophical inquiries into the nature of existence. "Orlando" invites readers to reconsider the constructs of gender and...

Orlando

Orlando

Autor: Virginia Woolf

Número de Páginas: 322

Publicada por primera vez en 1928, "Orlando: Biografía" apareció en un momento en que, con los movimientos de vanguardia, la emergencia del feminismo y el cuestionamiento de los roles de género, la sociedad experimentaba cambios a pasos agigantados. Virginia Woolf, reconocida como una de las voces más influyentes del modernismo, rompió barreras con su novela, exploró nuevas formas de narrativa y expresión literaria y la obra se convirtió así en un testimonio de la capacidad de la autora para desafiar las normas sociales y explorar la complejidad de la psicología humana a través de la ficción. La visión sobre el "tiempo" que se presenta en Orlando es innovadora, pues su protagonista vive varios siglos, desde la época isabelina hasta principios del siglo XX, y no menos sorprendente y transgresor es el cambio de sexo, de hombre a mujer, que experimenta Orlando en el transcurso de la narración. En la presente edición, el estudioso Bernardo Santano Moreno nos ofrece una nueva traducción a nuestro idioma, lo más fiel posible al texto original de Virginia Woolf, así como un conjunto de jugosas notas textuales y una introducción que ilumina el recorrido de...

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Orlando (Bolsillo)

Autor: Virginia Woolf

Número de Páginas: 248

Singular biografía, la de Orlando se desarrolla entre la época isabelina y el siglo XX y además, a mitad de camino, cambia el sexo de su protagonista. Sólo una agilidad narrativa como la de Woolf podía trenzar un juego literario semejante, y sólo Borges podía traducirlo con fidelidad al espíritu que lo anima.

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