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An Annotated English Translation of Tagore en las barrancas de San Isidro


Free Download Victoria Ocampo, "An Annotated English Translation of Tagore en las barrancas de San Isidro"
English | ISBN: 152757086X | 2021 | 102 pages | PDF | 1269 KB
A detailed account of Rabindranath’s stay in Argentina, this book by Victoria Ocampo is an important document in tracing Indo-Argentine contact. This first English translation of the book makes it available to the larger English-speaking world. Its critical introduction uncovers the backdrop of Ocampo’s text in such a way that it helps the reader to situate the work within its specific context, and also raises significant critical questions. Scholars interested in Rabindranath Tagore or Victoria Ocampo, or Indo-Argentine contact in general, will benefit from the book’s notes and annotated bibliography. In addition, readers interested in translation studies will also find the volume helpful.

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A Room Of One’s Own (annotated)


Free Download Virginia Woolf, Susan Gubar, "A Room Of One’s Own (annotated)"
English | 2005 | pages: 224 | ISBN: 0156030411 | EPUB | 0,4 mb
This annotated edition of the landmark inquiry into the women’s role in society by one of the twentieth century’s greatest thinkers, Viriginia Woolf’s classic A Room of One’s Own features an introduction by English and Women’s Studies professor Susan Gubar, perfect for critical analysis in classrooms and beyond."A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."In A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister: a sister equal to Shakespeare in talent, equal in genius, but whose legacy is radically different. This imaginary woman never writes a word and dies by her own hand, her genius unexpressed. But if only she had found the means to create, urges Woolf, she would have reached the same heights as her immortal sibling. In this classic essay, Virginia Woolf takes on the establishment, using her gift for language to dissect the world around her and give a voice to those who have none.

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