P. Adams Sitney Orden de los libros

Exploring the significance of names across various cultures, this book delves into the history, meanings, and unique stories behind them. It highlights how names shape identities and influence perceptions, offering rich anecdotes and insights into the linguistic and cultural aspects of naming practices. By examining different traditions and the evolution of names, the book invites readers to reflect on the power and impact of names in personal and societal contexts.

Tracing the history of modernism in cinema, this study provides readings of a range of classic films made between 1925 and 1980 by such filmmakers as Carl Dreyer, Ingmar Bergman and Robert Bresson. It argues that the act of vision and visual experience are problematized in literary modernism.