Biografía y textualidades, naturaleza y subjetividad

Each title in this series, created by teachers and writers, provides a complete and thoughtful analysis of several of the most valuable works of world literature. Intended as a starting point for a better understanding and appreciation of literature, each analysis also imparts information about the author, social and historical background information, structure and traditions of literary genres, facts about characters, and a bibliography to encourage further intellectual exploration. Esta coleccion es una herramienta indispensable para el estudio y analisis de obras clasicas de la literatura...

A study of the relationship betwen court festivity and theatre in 16c Spain. Dr Ferrer Valls studies the relationship between court festivity and theatre in the sixteenth century, placing special emphasis on staging. She argues that throughout the reign of Philip II court spectacle perpetuates the complicated staging of traditional performances, but with greater emphasis on their dramatic aspects and on the use of music and song. In the first two decades of the seventeenth century, and above all in specific plays by Lope de Vega, court spectacles come to reflect also the influence of Italian...

"El texto en llamas: el arte narrativo de Juan" "Rulfo" se propone la dificil tarea de descifrar la compleja narrativa de Juan Rulfo. Mediante un examen cuidadoso de los problemas planteados por las distintas perspectivas, voces, narradores, narratarios, estructuras, cronologias, nucleos narrativos y asuntos afines, aclara y resuelve muchos de los problemas que han afligido a los criticos. "El texto en llamas" es una guia de gran valor para todos los lectores de Rulfo. No solo se presta para corregir errores de interpretacion ya existentes, sino que sirve de base para interpretaciones...

A thorough study of the life and works of the Chilean poet, winner of the 1991 "Premio Pablo Neruda."