La genealogía cautiva

Esta antologia poetica se centra tematicamente en la celebracion de la festividad del Corpus Christi en la ciudad de Toledo. Ya que el celebre rito ha inspirado una impresionante cantidad de poesia a lo largo de las edades, este volumen reune textos dispersos que abarcan mas de un milenio. Los versos de dicho subgenero compuestos en los siglos XVI y XVII tienden a ser devotos, teologicos o misticos. En tiempos mas recientes, la poesia -corpuscristica-, sin abandonar el matiz religioso, ha llegado a ser una celebracion en el inigualable festival eucaristico. Los autores representados en la...

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Francis Bacon advirtió de que los hombres que han alcanzado altas posiciones acaban siendo extraños a sí mismos. Consideraba que a la ardua ascensión de los poderosos seguía inevitablemente un eclipse que derivaba en "cosa melancólica", pues resulta muy difícil resignarse a la vida privada y al retiro. Montaigne confesaba en sus ensayos que en su dedicación a los otros, a la política, no pudo evitar apartarse de sí mismo. ¿Por qué tantos hombres de sabiduría se han metido en política?, se pregunta el autor, en clara alusión a su propia experiencia.Casi todos los intelectuales...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...