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Torquemada by Benito Pérez Galdós Translation by Frances M. López-Morillas New York: Columbia University Press (1986), Hardcover ISBN: 0231062281 / 9780231062282The Torquemada novels: 1. Torquemada at the Stake (1889) 2. Torquemada on the Cross (1893) a. Story 3. Torquemada in Purgatory (1894) 4. Torquemada and Saint Peter (1895) (Cruz del Aguila) “Certain ideas are very […]
Fernando Fernán Gómez as Don Rodrigo de Arista Potestad in The GrandfatherMovie based on the novel by Benito Pérez Galdós (1897) and his stage play (1904) of the same name. Continuing with my sort-of-biweekly foreign movie posts for this year… For more foreign movies, check out Caroline’s World Cinema Series 2012 and Richard’s monthly Foreign […]
Torquemada by Benito Pérez Galdós Translation by Frances M. López-Morillas New York: Columbia University Press (1986), Hardcover ISBN: 0231062281 / 9780231062282The Torquemada novels: 1. Torquemada at the Stake (1889) 2. Torquemada on the Cross (1893) 3. Torquemada in Purgatory (1894) 4. Torquemada and Saint Peter (1895) I am going to tell about the journey to […]
I had planned on reading the Torquemada novels by Benito Pérez Galdós when The Neglected Books Page posted on one of my favorite novels: Fortunata and Jacinta. In that novel, the reader meets Francisco Torquemada, namesake of Ferdinand and Isabella’s inquisitor general. Dr. Rhian Davies, Director of the Pérez Galdós Editions Project, has provided a […]
Update (21 Feb 2012): I couldn’t resist reposting this photo from radiotimes.com. No additional info on airing dates, etc. Original Post (21 Sep 2011) I felt happy while downloading the BBC podcasts of Life and Fate (more on this in *intended* upcoming posts) but this notice makes me giddy. Well, at least what I imagine […]
Thanks to Kevin at Interpolations for recommending this novel. I’ve seen other reviews but his post struck me because of its timing…just as I’m looking for a translation of Márai’s novel about Gyula Krúdy (no luck in that search), and then, miracles of miracles, it was in my little town’s library. So here we are. […]
Continuing with my sort-of-bi-weekly foreign movie posts for this year… For more foreign movies, check out Caroline’s World Cinema Series 2012 and Richard’s monthly Foreign Film Festival round-up. The IMDb.com page for this movie can be found here. Bohumil Hrabal has been a favorite author of mine recently. Adapted for the screen by Hrabal and […]
If you’re willing to part with your copy of The Great Gatsby, please consider sending it Aaron Brame’s class in Memphis. They have been using the same copies of the book for the last four years and they could use additional and improved copies. More details can be found at Mr. Brame’s Blog (link is […]
“How shall we call such a thinking man as Thucydides? The word ‘historian’ is somehow not satisfactory.” Leo Strauss, Lecture 17 “Neither historians nor political scientists can deal with the complexity of true strategy and statecraft. Thucydides does so because his narrative is literature, and literature does not restrict itself. It can say anything that […]
The lectures/recordings on this course can be found at the center’s site. What follows are some of my notes on topics I found of interest in these recordings. I don’t pretend to cover everything he discusses in the lectures and my quotes are close but may not be exact. His class uses the Rex Warner […]