La vida extrema

La poesía de José-Miguel Ullán tiene la virtud de haber resultado incómoda a muchos de los componentes del sistema literario español, desde los propios lectores hasta la institución que la (des)legitima. Este ensayo busca poner en crisis las exégesis convencionales que se han ocupado del contexto creativo y de producción en el que trabajó Ullán, así como proponer una aproximación a su política estética que logre atestiguar el valor de esta escritura.

Distancing itself from the abundant and voluminous books that wish to solve life’s greatest mysteries, this work reflects on the mundane and everyday, which then becomes the greatest philosophical stimulus. Alejada de los abundantes y voluminosos compendios que pretenden resolver los grandes misterios del mundo, esta obra constituye una reflexión en torno a la cotidianidad: ésta se erige, en efecto, como el mayor estímulo filosófico.

Mariano José de Larra (1809-1837) was the most critical literary voice of the first third of the Spanish nineteenth century. Whether directed against censorship, the police and the Inquisition, or mypoic social attitudes and passing fads, his writings always showcased his unique, ironic and biting temperament. Moreover, many of his essays reflected the consequences of the ongoing urbanization of Madrid. The essays titled «Jardines públicos» (1834), «La fonda nueva» (1833), «Las casas nuevas» (1833), «La vida de Madrid» (1834) and «El día de Difuntos de 1836. Fígaro en el...

Carmen Martín Gaite is one of the most studied Spanish writers of the twentieth century. This volume incorporates analyses of selected works of both fiction and nonfiction, and begins with personal tributes to Martín Gaite from both friends and scholars. The second section of the book consists of studies devoted to Carmen Martín Gaite's works, employing a variety of critical and theoretical approaches, written from differing perspectives. Martín Gaite insists in "The Virtues of Reading" that writing is not drudgery but sheer pleasure, and she celebrates the enjoyment derived from...