Mujeres españolas en las letras

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...

In this book we're invited to choose words randomly, to count syllables, to let the stress in the words make its music, to give in to the meaning of words, to become readers of poetry, to spread the verses in Spanish that are ours and everybody's. Many wrongly believe that verses are written in a state of agitation, enthusiasm, or near-dementia, but, to the benefit of those trying to write their first poem, Hiriart proves that this is hardly ever the case. Great examples of poetry from classic and contemporary authors, and anecdotes and dialogues of great wit and precision, make this volume a ...

Este trabajo se propone analizar la narratliva española de los años veinte y treinta desde la perspectliva de los dialogos que mantienen escritores reconocidos, algunos de los cuales ya olvidados, con las artes visuales (cine, diseño gráfico y pintura) para renovar su escritura.

En 1984, un joven estudiante víctima de un grave accidente coincide en una clínica del sur de Francia con un camboyano, superviviente de la época de los Jemeres Rojos. Decididos a desafiar los pronósticos más pesimistas y dar lo mejor de sí mismos, se ayudan mutuamente, luchan y vencen en un combate lleno de valor, y también de compasión, que nos lleva de Montpellier a Nueva York, de Phnom Penh a Jaipur y más tarde a Barcelona; un combate que es una lección de esperanza que arroja luz sobre la sorprendente capacidad de los seres humanos para sobrevivir y hacer frente a la adversidad ...