Spanish Golden Age Poetry in Motion

La mirada inconformista ofrece una selección de los artículos más representativos de la carrera periodística del poliédrico Manuel Vázquez Montalbán. Plagados de humor y crítica, los textos han sido seleccionados y prologados por Francesc Salgado. Esta antología recoge la prolífica trayectoria periodística de Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, cronista lúcido e implacable de la historia reciente de España y referente intelectual de la izquierda. A cargo de Francesc Salgado, esta selección muestra la mirada inconformista y crítica que mantuvo a lo largo de cuatro décadas de trabajo en ...

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.

Although the three authors studied, Ana Maria Matute, Carmen Martin Gaite, and Esther Tusquets, are sophisticated intellectuals, they have chosen fairy tales and texts from other marginalized genres originally for female consumption (such as the novela rosa and the Hollywood women's picture) as the major intertexts in their novels for adults as well as in their fictions for children. Against the backdrop feminist theory and recent critical studies of fairy tales and children's literature, Solino studies the works of these authors as "gendered texts." Solino's book opens with a chapter that...

This book is written in Spanish. This book is a study of the intellectual and cultural atmosphere surrounding the Spanish author don Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645) during his stay at the Courts of Palermo and Naples (1613-1619) in the service of the Viceroy Duke of Osuna. Attention is paid particularly to his early knowledge of the works of the poet Marino, his role as protector of the Arts, and as intercessor on behalf of the philosopher Campanella. The second part of the book offers a detailed analysis of the author's writings during his Italian and post-Italian years as a result of his...