Afrotopía

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Los ensayos reunidos en este volumen ilustran algunos temas y diversos problemas surgidos del interés del autor por la historia de Europa, especialmente del mundo hispánico, en los siglos XVI y XVII. En su calidad de complemento de los otros libros escritos por John Elliott, estos ensayos son indispensables para comprender la obra del gran hispanista británico. Mediante una breve introducción a cada una de las secciones en que está dividido este libro, el autor explica las circunstancias que le movieron a escribir cada ensayo y la forma en que se relacionan con uno u otro de sus libros....

Aborda la mitologa̕ griega con pasin̤ y sin renunciar al rigor, y nos cuenta los avatares de sus personajes como en la ms̀ trepidante de las novelas. Y as,̕ asistiremos boquiabiertos a la aparicin̤ del Caos primigenio y al nacimiento de Atenea, que emerge de la cabeza de Zeus; nos sobrecogeremos al ser testigos de cm̤o Cronos castra y destrona a su padre; temblaremos al cruzarnos con Pandora dispuesta a destapar la temible jarra; contendremos el aliento al descubrir que Persf̌one osa probar la fruta del Inframundo; nos emocionaremos con los amoro̕s de Eros y Psique; iremos de caza con ...