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Beowulf. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Anonymous - Wisehouse Classics, 2020 -
Beowulf is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important works of Old English literature. The date of composition is a matter of contention among scholars; the only certain dating pertains to the manuscript, which was produced between 975 and 1025. The author was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, referred to by scholars as the "Beowulf poet". The story is set in Scandinavia. Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel. After Beowulf slays him, Grendel's mother attacks the hall and is then also defeated. Victorious, Beowulf goes home to Geatland (Götaland in modern Sweden) and becomes king of the Geats. Fifty years later, Beowulf defeats a dragon, but is mortally wounded in the battle. After his death, his attendants cremate his body and erect a tower on a headland in his memory. The full story survives in the manuscript known as the Nowell Codex. It has no title in the original manuscript, but has become known by the name of the story's protagonist. In 1731, the manuscript was badly damaged by a fire that swept through Ashburnham House in London that had a collection of medieval manuscripts assembled by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton. The Nowell Codex is housed in the British Library.
La vida del Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Anonymous - Wisehouse Classics, 2020 -
La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades (más conocida como Lazarillo de Tormes) es una novela española anónima, escrita en primera persona y en estilo epistolar (como una sola y larga carta), cuyas ediciones conocidas más antiguas datan de 1554.? En ella se cuenta de forma autobiográfica la vida de un niño, Lázaro de Tormes, en el siglo xvi, desde su nacimiento y mísera infancia hasta su boda, ya en la edad adulta. Es considerada precursora de la novela picaresca? por elementos como el realismo, la narración en primera persona, la estructura itinerante, el servicio a varios amos y la ideología moralizante y pesimista. Lazarillo de Tormes es un esbozo irónico y despiadado de la sociedad del momento, de la que se muestran sus vicios y actitudes hipócritas, sobre todo las de los clérigos y religiosos. Hay diferentes hipótesis sobre su autoría. Probablemente el autor fue simpatizante de las ideas erasmistas. Esto motivó que la Inquisición la prohibiera y que, más tarde, permitiera su publicación, una vez expurgada. La obra no volvió a ser publicada íntegramente hasta el siglo xix.