Name: El Vellocino de oro (in Spanish)
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Author: Robert Graves
ISBN: 9788435064439

portada El Vellocino de oro (in Spanish)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Robert Graves

Publisher

EDHASA

Language

Spanish

Pages

672

Format

Paperback

Weight

1.00

ISBN13

9788435064439

Edited in

España

Synopsis "El Vellocino de oro (in Spanish)"

Cuando la galera de guerra Argo parte de Yolcos llevando a bordo una asombrosa tripulacion de heroes y semidioses (Hercules, Orfeo, Atalanta, Castor, Polux, Linceo y otros muchos), tiene un objetivo claro: robar el famoso Vellocino de Oro, celosamente custodiado por el rey de Colquide. Es, claro esta, la historia de la expedicion de los argonautas, que, desde Tesalia hasta Ea, buscan el vellocino y secuestrar a la fatal Medea; una historia de maravillas y portentos, de extraordinarios episodios que se suceden sin interrupcion; pero, asimismo, gracias a la pluma de Graves se convierte en una admirable reconstruccion del caracter y las costumbres griegas (el amor por la comida, el temor a la venganza de los espectros y los dioses) y en un relato completo y veraz de esta fascinante aventura maritima, amen de una reflexion sobre el destino, el amor, la guerra y la politica.Publicada originalmente en 1944, El Vellocino de Oro es, en definitiva, una obra maestra de la literatura, donde se combina el rigor historico y la imaginacion poetica. Y el lector la distrutara desde la primera pagina.

Robert Graves

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Robert Graves (Wimbledon, 1895 – Deià, Mallorca, 1985) was a British writer, poet, and essayist whose work ranges from war poetry to historical novels and mythological essays. He participated in World War I, an experience he depicted in his autobiography Goodbye to All That (1929). He studied at Oxford and was a professor of English literature at the University of Cairo. In 1929, he settled in Deià, Mallorca, where he lived for most of his life. His literary output includes more than 140 works, noted for their erudition and narrative style.

Among his most recognized works are I, Claudius (1934) and its sequel Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (1943), historical novels that were successfully adapted for television. In the field of essays, notable works include The White Goddess (1948) and The Greek Myths (1955), where Graves offers a reinterpretation of classical mythology from a poetic-anthropological perspective. These works have been influential in the study of mythology and comparative literature.

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