Manuel Puig

Con un estilo combinatorio que alterna el ensayo con la cronica, la reflexion y la nota biografico, la ironia con el asombro, el paisaje intimo y el cosmopolita, Pitol propone al lector, en estos quince ensayos, varias exploraciones de la obra de otros tantos autores solitarios y radicales. Libro de libros, escrito desde la grandeza del lector entusiasta y la humildad del artesano, esta obra es, sobre todo, la casa del escritor que dialoga amorosamente con sus maestros, reconociendolos e interpretando sus palabras a la luz de la experiencia propia.

This is the first collection of criticism on Mario Benedetti's work published in Spanish covering his literary works, the major themes of his writing, cinematic interpretations of his works, and his political commitments.

De un orador de la talla de Marco Tulio Cicerón (106-43 a.C.) es lógico pensar que no se dedicara sólo a pronunciar brillantes discursos (la mayoría publicados ya en la Biblioteca Clásica Gredos), sino también a teorizar sobre la oratoria. Escrito en

Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, this comparative study of a selection of The Arabian Nights stories in a cross-cultural context, brings together a number of disciplines and subject areas to examine the workings of narrative. It predominantly focuses on the ways in which the Arabian Nights have transformed as its stories have travelled across historical eras, cultures, genres and media. Departing from the familiar approaches of influence and textual studies, this book locates its central inquiry in the theoretical questions surrounding the workings of ideology, genre and genre ideology ...