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“marco lucchesi”

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  • Marco Lucchesi: star-poetics-labyrinth

    by Ana Maria Haddad Baptista ...
    This book brings gathered essays (revised and expanded) by Ana Maria Haddad Baptista, published in several books and magazines about Marco Lucchesi's set of works. Marco Lucchesi was born in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), in 1963, and currently presides the Academia Brasileira de Letras (ABL). He occupies the chair number 15. Poet, novelist, essayist, memoirist, professor and translator, he is bachelor in ... Read more

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  • The Siren and the Seashell

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  • The Tunnel by Ernesto Sábato (Book Analysis)

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    by Bright Summaries ...
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  • The Madness of Vision

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  • Latin American Gothic in Literature and Culture

    Edited by Inés Ordiz, Sandra Casanova-Vizcaíno ...
    Series series Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
    This book explores the Gothic mode as it appears in the literature, visual arts, and culture of different areas of Latin America. Focusing on works from authors in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Andes, Brazil, and the Southern Cone, the essays in this volume illuminate the existence of native representations of the Gothic, while also exploring the presence of universal archetypes of ... Read more

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