El Stradivarius perdido

In the past decades, with the decline of the Grand Narratives and the subsequent need for new historical and political orientation, literary studies have been reflecting on the role of literature in the world. Together with Jacques Rancière—and in dialogue with Althusser, Foucault, or Fischer-Lichte—the present volume analyzes this political turn of literary studies.

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...

El autor, una de las figuras más destacadas de la crítica literaria y cinematográfica cubana, reúne en este libro sus mejores ensayos. Dada su preocupación por los problemas que relacionan la historia moderna de Cuba con sus intelectuales, Fornet despliega de manera excepcional las líneas del desarrollo de la cultura cubana a partir de la guerra hispano-cubano-americana de 1898 y de la independencia mediatizada.

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...