Cartea reprezint? o minimonografie spectaculoas? despre proza, publicistica ?i poezia unuia dintre cei mai mari poe?i interbelici, Tudor Arghezi. M.V. Buciu are un instrumentar critic adus la zi, ca ?i bibliografia de altfel, aten?ia exegetului fiind focalizat? asupra operei acestui mare scriitor, contestat vehement ?n perioada post-decembrist?. ?n esen??, monografia lui M.V. Buciu, constituie o temeinic? tentativ? de rea?ezare a lui Tudor Arghezi ?n actualitatea literar?, readuc?nd ?n discu?ie, dar nu mai pu?in ?n actualitate, complexitatea personalit??ii argheziene, un urma? al poetului na?ional, Mihai Eminescu.

nainte de orice altceva, Poezia de la Gndirea este o carte despre slbiciunea conceptelor. Ce mai definesc azi cuvinte precum tradiionalism sau modernism ntre rzboaie, termenii au polarizat probabil toate disputele, nelsnd n stare de neutralitate aproape nimic. Nu-i vorba, nu ideologiile fac literatura. Iar cnd este vorba despre poezie, lucrurile sunt cu atat mai complicate. Or, privind napoi cu suspiciune, Mircea A. Diaconu realizeaz nu doar o descriere comparativa a principalelor constante ale poeziei de la Gndirea, ci si o anatomie – sceptic mcar – a conceptelor n disputa lor cu realitatea de fapt. Criticii conceptelor – dublate de o ncercare de refundamentare a lor – i rspunde o analiz minuioas, fr parti-pris-uri, a realitii de fapt. n distana aceasta, dintre concept i realitate, ptrunde ochiul deopotriv al istoricului i al criticului literar. Iar ceea ce rezult nu mai este o sum de adevruri apodictice, ci o proiecie hermeneutic fundamentat interogativ.

Volumul reprezint? punctul de finalizare a unor preocup?ri anterioare ale autorului, afirmat ?n c?mpul semioticii ?i al stilisticii prin studii ?i eseuri dedicate cu prec?dere poeziei rom?ne?ti de-a lungul evolu?iei ei. F?r? a-i ignora pe creatorii medii, importan?i pentru c? dau expresie continuit??ii, el ?i-a propus s? explice, cu mijloacele puse la dispozitie de progresul ?nregistrat de disciplinele umaniste ?n ultima jum?tate de secol, ?misterul“ care transforma limba ?n opera. Sunt discuta?i marii poe?i na?ionali, de la Mihai Eminescu la Nichita St?nescu, relev?ndu-i-se fiec?ruia specificitatea, a?a cum se deta?eaz? ea pe fundalul unor constante care definesc ?ns??i esen?a poeticit??ii.

Citindu-l, recitindu-l pe Nietzsche, citind i recitind nietzscheenii, dostoievskienii, m recream, m remodelam, strunjindu-m pe mine nsmi i, n acelai timp, m reapropiam altminteri, de fiecare dat, de continentul Nietzsche, iar n timp probabil, iari i iari, mai rapid – prin intermediul celui care l-a creat pe Zarathustra – de mine nsmi. Scrierile mele, romanele, poemele, eseurile se afl, volens nolens, sub auspiciile dionisiace ale acestui scriitor spre care m harponeaz, instinctiv, de bun seam, i voina de a deveni ceea ce sunt: poet. Un poet care propaga un soi de stranie religie a viului, n esen de neexprimat, o religie-mit de sorginte nietzschean, construit pe un exces de personalitate.(...) Boala, cu un pic de noroc, poate fi pintenul dat de un nesfrit zeu rutcios i perspicace n bolgiile luminoase ale destinului. ntlnirea mea cu acest spectacol de un dramatism randiose – care este Nietzsche – din ntmplare cred c s-a transformat n destin. Da. i totodat n voina de Destin“. – Aura Christi.Am terminat de citit cu nfrigurare Nietzsche i Marea Amiaz (oricum, verbul a citi nu sintetizeaz dect imperfect efortul sinestezic pe care-l necesit o carte att de complex i de bogat n idei). La un prim nivel, volumul poate fi lecturat ca un impresionant catalog al marilor teme“ din literatura european (german, francez, englez, rus, romn), aceea nrudit, direct sau indirect, cu suflul zarathustrian al fostului profesor de la Universitatea din Basel. La un nivel secund ns, mult mai profund i mai semnificativ, el este un elogiu excepional adus vitalismului injectat de solarul divin, reflectat magistral prin textele unor Berdiaev, Sestov, Kierkegaard i mai ales Nietzsche. Filiaia cea mai puternic i mai transparent care mi vine n minte dup parcurgerea paginilor tale este Rudolf Otto: dei nu are nevoie s-l citeze niciodat explicit, cartea este infuzat de conceptul de numinos, acel sacru inefabil intuit de teologul german n lucrarea sa capital, Das Heilige. Te felicit pentru acest volum, exemplar n toate sensurile, i sunt convins c oamenii crora li se adreseaz nu vor mai fi aceiai dup parcurgerea sa.“ – Ctlin Ghi.

Aproxima?ii o carte de critic? literar? ?n care autorul a ?nregistrat cele mai importante apari?ii din literatura rom?n? a ultimilor ani, ?n studii critice, cronici literare ?i eseuri care comenteaz? c?r?i, scriitori sau tendin?e ale momentului actual. Structurat? ?n trei cicluri, cartea lui Iulian Boldea se remarc? prin precizia formul?rilor, obiectivitatea enun?urilor ?i prin metodele critice adecvate valorificate. Tototdata, ea con?ine numeroase puncte de vedere, perspective ?i ipoteze critice meritorii, dup? cum v?de?te o extrem? aten?ie la nuan?ele textului, la relieful s?u subliminal. Demersul critic al autorului se caracterizeaz?, ?nainte de toate, prin rigoarea aser?iunilor ?i relevan?a demonstra?iei. ?ntre autorii comenta?i ?n aceast? carte, pot fi aminti?i Virgil Nemoianu, Al. Paleologu, Nicolae Manolescu, Gabriel Liiceanu, Adrian Marino, Ion Vartic, Marta Petreu, Mircea Muthu, Dan Culcer, ?tefan Borbély, Horia B?descu, Vasile Dan, Eugen Dorcescu, Ion Zuba?cu s.a.

Pornind de la Ioana Em. Petrescu, studiul propus urm?re?te s? probeze cu arsenalul criticii de descenden?? fenomenologic?, mereu actualizat?, o teorie referitoare la asumarea eminescianismului de c?tre cei mai importan?i poe?i ai secolului trecut. Actualitatea lui Eminescu se dovede?te astfel ?i prin ve?nica recitire ?i asumare a poeziei sale de c?tre poe?i precum Bacovia, Blaga, Barbu, Arghezi, Labi?, Nichita St?nescu. Aceast? prezen?? eminescian?, asumat? teoretic (vezi Blaga) sau topit? ?n profunzimile textelor poetice (vezi Labi? sau Nichita St?nescu), sus?ine valabilitatea canonului eminescian. Eminescu este astfel inactual doar dac? privim o parte ?nsemnat? a poeziei actuale, prea ancorat? ?ntr-o realitate golit? de semnifica?ie, o poezie s?r?cit? de profunzimea transfigurat? a Creatorului. (In)actualitatea lui Eminescu probeaz? astfel doar tragic? noastr? inactualitate./ – Florin Oprescu

Volumele de dialoguri (vor fi trei ?n total) socratice adun? convorbiri cu personalit??i ale culturii ?i literaturii na?ionale, realizate ?n libertate, ?ncepind cu 1990. Ele au fost publicate ?n diverse reviste, ?n principal ?Convorbiri literare“ ?i ?Poezia“, dar ?i ?n ?Dacia literar?“, ?Poesis“, ?Hyperion“ ?.a. Dialogurile se succed ?n ordinea apari?ie ?i reflect? fr?m?nt?rile culturale, literare, politice ale momentului, de interes peren ?i constant privind biografia artistic? a personalit??ii intervievate. Dialogurile sunt vii, atractive, instructive ?i mereu actuale prin problematic? abordat?. Participan?ii la acest veritabil banchet platonician din primul volum, Democra?ia oblig? idiotul sa stea al?turi de geniu (310 pagini), sunt: Petre ?u?ea, Ana Blandiana, Alexandru Zub, Ioan Alexandru, Dimitrie Gavrilean, Mihai Ursachi, Cezar Iv?nescu, Svetlana Paleologu-Matta, ?erban Cantacuzino, ?tefan Avadanei, Cristian Simionescu, Luca Pi?u, Lauren?iu Ulici, Corneliu ?tefanache, Ioana Cr?ciunescu, Paul Goma, Monica Lovinescu, Ilie Cleopa, George Astalos, Marin Mincu, Liviu Ioan Stoiciu, Dan M?nuc?, Costache Ol?reanu, Sorin Vieru, Gellu Dorian, Alex ?tef?nescu, Nicolae Manolescu, Ilie Constantin.

Este un autoportret al cunoa?terii personale, un autoportret schi?at ?n timp real, sub ochii cititorului, pe m?sura ce Lara ia cuno?tin?? de st?rile emo?ionale prin care trece, ??i analizeaz? sentimentele, rezultatul posibilelor ac?iuni, analizeaz? deciziile pe care le ia, consecin?ele posibile. Dilema declarat? a Larei este: cum ?mpaci nevoia inimii pentru noutate, pentru tr?iri spontane, cu monotonia mariajului, chiar dac? acesta e fericit? Con?tiin?a sa este prins? ?ntre dragostea pentru so?ul cu care ?tie c? se potrive?te ca structur? ?i pe care ?l iube?te, ?i efervescen?a aventurii cu un alt b?rbat, care ?i furnizeaz? spontanul dup? care t?nje?te. Romanul se concentreaz? pe amant ?n mod deliberat. Lara este perfect con?tient? de r?ul pe care ?l produce celor trei personaje ?mplic?te: so?, amant, ?i ei ?ns??i. Perioada ?n care este creat ?i definitivat autoportretul sunt ultimii ai comunismului, anii ?n care priva?iunile impuse popula?iei sem?nau mai degrab? cu priva?iunile unui r?zboi. Cu toate acestea, eroina se concentreaz? cu ?nc?p???nare pe iubirea ei, pe mi?c?rile sufletului ei, refugiindu-se ?n tr?irile proprii ?i reu?ind astfel s? se salveze de autocomp?timire ?i s? supravie?uiasc? ?ntr-o aparent? normalitate.

Om politic liberal mai pu?in cunoscut, Gheorghe D. Pallade a l?sat un jurnal care, de?i cuprinde o perioad? destul de scurt? ?n timp, 1 martie 1897 - 8 ianuarie 1898, ne va introduce ?n atmosfera extrem de fr?m?ntat? din interiorul Partidului Na?ional Liberal.S-a n?scut ?n anul 1858 la B?rlad, dintr-o familie ?nst?rit?. ?i-a f?cut studiile secundare ?i universitare ?n ?ar?, lu?ndu-?i licen?a ?n drept la Facultatea de drept a Universit??ii din Bucure?ti ?n anul 1880. Intr? ?n magistratur? p?n? ?n 1884 c?nd, particip?nd la alegeri este ales deputat pe listele Partidului Na?ional Liberal. Din acest moment via?a lui devine public? ?i intr? ?n v?ltoarea luptelor politice. ?n acela?i an, al?turi de C.A. Rosetti a sus?inut colegiul unic ?i libertatea absolut? a presei. De fapt a ?i fost colaborator al ziarului Rom?nul.Paginile de jurnal, de?i nu acoper? nici un an de zile, prezint? una din cele mai zbuciumate perioade al Partidului Na?ional Liberal. Subiective sau nu, paginile r?mase de la Gh.D. Pallade vin s? completeze istoria politic? a Rom?niei de la sf?r?itul secolului al XIX-lea.L?s?m pe seama cititorului s? analizeze jurnalul lui Gh.D. Pallade. Nou? nu ne r?m?ne dec?t s? ar?t?m c? am considerat ca notele s? fie c?t se poate de complete, persoanele ?i locurile fiind foarte numeroase, f?r? de care, chiar un cititor avizat nu s-ar descurca. Iat? de ce am recurs la solu?ia de a desp?r?i notele de indicele de nume. Trebuie, de asemenea, s? atragem aten?ia c? notele sunt a?ezate alfabetic, deoarece tot volumul ar fi fost prea ?nc?rcat de numere ?i cifre. Sper?m c? modesta noastr? contribu?ie prin editarea acestui jurnal s? ?mplineasc? un scurt moment din fr?m?ntata noastr? istorie politic? a Rom?niei de la sf?r?itul secolului al XIX-lea.

Cartea de Poezii a poetei confirm? un stil, o atitudine estetic? ?i o capacitate de a dep??i ?ngr?dirile presupuse de reactualizare a vechilor formule poetice. Claudia Voiculescu ??i asum? riscul de a p?rea demodat?, abord?nd ceea ce majoritatea poe?ilor din diverse genera?ii ori promo?ii, a respins, cel mai adesea din neputin??.Cred c? poezia Claudiei Voiculescu merit? aten?ia criticii ?i o mediatizare corespunz?toare. (Liviu Gr?soiu)Claudia Voiculescu ridic? forma fix? a rondelului la ?n?l?imi demne de orice competi?ie.... Este o poet? ?n al c?rei talent cred. (C.D. Zeletin)Poet? de ?nalt? for?? r?scolitoare, talent viguros cu cizel?ri de art? adev?rat? ?n ad?ncul substrat al cuv?ntului, vers pasional ?i cotropitor... (Pan. M. Vizirescu)Claudia Ilie, preoteas? ?ntru poezie... (Tudor George)Delicata poet? Claudia Ilie Voiculescu este o voce liric? de mare sensibilitate... (Dumitru Radu Popa)

C?t?lin Ghi?? este unul dintre cei mai serio?i, mai informa?i ?i mai inspira?i cercet?tori care se afirm? ?n comparatistica literar? ?i cultural? de la noi. Neotematismul s?u este unul atent la diferen?e – ?i ?n primul r?nd la diferen?a estetic? –, reticent fa?? de exploatarea ideologizant? a literaturii. Cartea de fa?? ??i acoper? tema cu mare grij?, cu acribie filologic? ?i teoretic?, dar o ?i dep??e?te uneori prin implica?ii nea?teptate ?i prin considera?ii de ansamblu. ?mi place ?n mod deosebit luciditatea autocritic? a autorului, ?n care v?d reflexul moral al modestiei ?i, ?n acela?i timp, orgoliul justificat al competen?ei profesionale“. – Mircea Martin

O radiografie hermeneutic? a unor c?r?i-eveniment ce au v?zut lumina tiparului ?n perioada postdecembrist?, accentul fiind pus pe autorii interzi?i sub dictatur?, precum ?i pe c?r?ile poe?ilor ce devin, f?r? voia lor, o rara avis ?n societatea de tranzi?ie. Cartea se adreseaz? elevilor, studen?ilor, precum ?i publicului larg de cititori.

O carte incitant? despre unul dintre cei mai mari poe?i interbelici, taxat pe nedrept de c?tre G. C?linescu drept un poet minor. Studiul este semnat de cunoscutul exeget literar Mihai Cimpoi, pre?edinte al Uniunii Scriitorilor din R. Moldova, Membru al Academiei Rom?ne. Cartea se adreseaz? elevilor, studen?ilor, precum ?i publicului larg de cititori.

„În 1964, ca parte dintr-un proiect de istorie oral? despre via?a ?i cariera lui John F. Kennedy, mama mea a intrat într-un dialog cu Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. pentru a-?i împ?rt??i amintirile ?i percep?ia asupra lucrurilor. Înregistrate la mai pu?in de patru luni dup? moartea so?ului ei, aceste conversa?ii reprezint? un dar f?cut istoriei... Sper c? tinerele genera?ii care încep s? afle mai multe despre anii 1960 vor considera aceste rememor?ri o introducere util? în modul în care se face istoria ?i vor g?si în ele inspira?ia de a oferi ceva acestei ??ri care ne-a oferit tuturor atât de multe.“

Sonetul contondentCelor doi / poe?i de mare soi...(Istrate ?i Murgeanu)Visam c? Marea-?i p?r?sea ghioculCu-al s?u tumult de valuri euxine?i, h?t-departe-n zonele alpine,Ca-n Cretaceu, ??i reg?sise locul...Priveam de-acuma fascinat la joculDe valuri ?n?esate de jivineDin vremuri disp?rute, care-n fine,??i ?ncercau, o dat?-n plus, norocul.Sim?eam o dulce binecuv?ntareC?-n groapa euxinic? ad?nc?O Mare Neagr? nu exist? ?nc?,Nici Casa Scriitorilor la mare;Nici doi poe?i cu barb?, bur?i ?i plete,S?-n?ire contondentele sonete.

Ninge ?n martieNinge ?ntr-un hornDin care iese fumNinge tot mai densCople?itor?i ?ntoarce fumul din drum?l preseaz? ?n horn ca-ntr-un teasc?l ?ndeas? la loc ?n c?rbuniAstup? flac?raRea?az? focul ?nMiezul ?nsu?i al P?m?ntului.

Sir Henry John Newbolt, CH was born on 6th June 1862 in Bilston, Wolverhampton, the son of the vicar of St Mary's Church, the Rev. Henry Francis Newbolt, and his second wife, Emily nee Stubbs. After his father's death, in 1866, the family moved to Walsall.There Newbolt attended Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall, and Caistor Grammar School, from where he gained a scholarship to Clifton College, where he was head of the school and editor of the school magazine. Upon graduation from Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1887 and practised until 1899.He married Margaret Edwina nee Duckworth, of the prominent publishing family, and they had two children: Margaret Cecilia (1890) and Arthur Francis (1893).Behind the steady Edwardian facade lay intimate complications; a menage a trois. His wife had a long-running affair with her cousin, Laura Isabella 'Ella' Coltman to whom Newbolt had dedicated one of his own poems and was also involved with. Newbolt divided his time between the two women so there was no jealousy. Although it could equally be argued they divided their time.His first book was a novel, 'Taken from the Enemy' (1892), and this was followed in 1895 by a play, the tragedy, 'Mordred'. But it was with 'Admirals All' (1897), that his reputation was set. There followed further volumes of uplifting verse, including 'The Island Race' (1898), 'The Sailing of the Long-ships' (1902), 'Songs of the Sea' (1904) and 'Songs of the Fleet' (1910). Among the most stirring and patriotically heroic of his poems are the often anthologised 'Vitai Lampada' and 'Drake's Drum'.As well as writing he was also, from October 1900 to September 1904, the editor of the Monthly Review. In 1914, Newbolt published Aladore, a fantasy novel about a bored, dutiful knight who abandons his estate to pursue his heart's desire and woo a half-fae enchantress. As the First World War engulfed Europe, Newbolt, and another 20 British writers, were absorbed into the War Propaganda Bureau. Their talents were put to use promoting Britain's interests and to maintain public opinion in favour of the war.He was knighted in 1915 and became the Controller of Telecommunications at the Foreign Office. Among his war poems was 'The War Films', printed in The Times on 14th October 1916, in reference to the shock cinema audiences felt on seeing footage of the Battle of the Somme.Newbolt was knighted in 1915 and was appointed Companion of Honour in 1922.In 1921 he authored the government Report 'The Teaching of English in England' which helped to establish the foundations for modern English Studies and professionalised the teaching of English Literature. With it he established a canon, and was unequivocal that English must become the linguistic and literary standard throughout the Empire.Newbolt was also part of an inner advisory circle of Asquith's government and also advised on policy in Ireland.Sir Henry John Newbolt, CH died at his home in Campden Hill, Kensington, London, on 19th April 1938, at the age of 75. He is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's church on an island in the lake on the Orchardleigh Estate of the Duckworth family in Somerset.

South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. He is the real-life inspiration for the Iron Man series of films starring Robert Downey Junior. The personal tale of Musk’s life comes with all the trappings one associates with a great, drama-filled story. He was a freakishly bright kid who was bullied brutally at school, and abused by his father. In the midst of these rough conditions, and the violence of apartheid South Africa, Musk still thrived academically and attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he paid his own way through school by turning his house into a club and throwing massive parties. He started a pair of huge dot-com successes, including PayPal, which eBay acquired for $1.5 billion in 2002. Musk was forced out as CEO and so began his lost years in which he decided to go it alone and baffled friends by investing his fortune in rockets and electric cars. Meanwhile Musk’s marriage disintegrated as his technological obsessions took over his life ... Elon Musk is the Steve Jobs of the present and the future, and for the past twelve months, he has been shadowed by tech reporter, Ashlee Vance. Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of Spacex and Tesla is Shaping our Future is an important, exciting and intelligent account of the real-life Iron Man.

This is the true story of C.S. Lewis – one of the greatest writers of the 20th-century – whose books for children and adults have become much loved classics. Part of the story of C.S. Lewis has been made famous through the film ‘Shadowlands’. Here this fascinating man’s entire life story is told by those who knew him personally. C.S. Lewis was born in Belfast in 1898 and was sent to England for a public school education with his elder brother, Warren. Lewis exhibited a genius for imagination and perception from his earliest years. Brought up in a Christian household, Lewis lost his faith in his teenage years but was to regain it, with reluctance, as a fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. His faith subsequently influenced his writings. He became a vigorous champion of the Christian faith through classics such as ‘Mere Christianity’ and through his BBC broadcasts. His ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ became children’s classics and he was deluged with correspondence from his young readers. In his latter years he unexpectedly fell deeply in love with a divorced American, Joy Greshem, and married her, only to suffer the devastation of her death a few years later. C.S. Lewis died in 1963 at his home in Oxford. During his lifetime C.S. Lewis suggested to his friend, Roger Lancelyn Green, who was a fellow English scholar, that he would undertake his biography one day. After Lewis’s death in 1963 Lancelyn Green and Walter Hooper were approached by several of Lewis’s friends to write the biography. Warren Lewis, brother to Jack, contributed a great deal to the writing. The authors had at their disposal a vast collection of letters and diaries, as well as the recollections of many surviving family members and friends. Walter Hooper has enhanced the original text with additional material to provide a new, expanded edition which all C.S. Lewis fans will be keen to own.

At the age of only 36, Sir Mark Sykes was signatory to the Sykes-Picot agreement, one of the most reviled treaties of modern times. A century later, Christopher Sykes’ lively biography of his grandfather reassesses his life and work, and the political instability and violence in the Middle East attributed to it. The Sykes–Picot agreement was drawn by the eponymous British and French diplomats in 1916 to determine the divide of the collapsing empire in the event of an allied victory in World War I. Excluding Arab involvement, it negated their earlier guarantee of independence made by the British – and controversy has raged around it ever since. But who was Mark Sykes? A century on, Christopher Simon Sykes reveals new facets of a misremembered diplomatic giant. Using previously undisclosed family letters and cartoons by his grandfather, he delivers a comprehensive and humbling account of the man behind one of the most impactful policies in the Middle East.

A fresh, witty, accessible life of Queen Victoria. Not since Lytton Strachey has the irony, contradictions and influence of this Queen been treated with such flourish or biographical insight. 'Queen Victoria had a very complicated and psychologically fascinating personality and only a very talented biographer could get to the key of her character. Fortunately in Matthew Dennison's pithy, well-researched, beautifully written and very accessible book, she has found one' Andrew Roberts Queen Victoria is Britain’s queen of contradictions. In her combination of deep sentimentality and bombast; cultural imperialism and imperial compassion; fear of intellectualism and excitement at technology; romanticism and prudishness, she became a spirit of the age to which she gave her name. Victoria embraced photography, railway travel and modern art; she resisted compulsory education for the working classes, recommended for a leading women’s rights campaigner ‘a good whipping’ and detested smoking. She may or may not have been amused. Meanwhile she reinvented the monarchy and wrestled with personal reinvention. She lived in the shadow of her mother and then under the tutelage of her husband; finally she embraced self-reliance during her long widowhood. Fresh, witty and accessible, Queen Victoria is a compelling assessment of Victoria’s mercurial character and impact, written with the irony, flourish and insight that this Queen and her rule so richly deserve.