La vida extrema

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...

Dorothy Sherman Severin, who retired in 2008 from the Gilmour Chair of Spanish at the University of Liverpool, is an internationally renowned scholar in the field of the Late Medieval literature of Spain, with particular expertise in the study of Celestina and of the Cancioneros. In this volume, nineteen of her academic admirers have contributed original chapters in her honour, mostly on these same topics, under the editorship of the Hispanist Joseph T. Snow and Professor Severin’s Liverpool colleague Roger Wright. The contributors are: Rafael Beltran, Patrizia Botta, Alan Deyermond, Louise ...

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...

Ramón Grau de Urda es periodista y ejerce su actividad profesional en el diario Europa Sur, Algeciras (Cádiz), donde ha desarrollado prácticamente toda su carrera. En la actualidad firma en la sección de Cultura después de haber trabajado varios años el apartado de Sucesos y Tribunales. Es habitual contertulio de Radio en la Cadena Ser, aunque también ha participado en debates radiofónicos en las distintas emisoras radicadas en el Campo de Gibraltar. Como articulista, ha publicado en diversas revistas especializadas y también lo fue de opinión para la cadena Multimedia Jiennense. Ha ...