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El 27 de noviembre de 1095, en Clermont, el papa Urbano II lanzó un vibrante llamamiento a la cristiandad: había que liberar Jerusalén y los Santos Lugares de la tutela de los musulmanes. A partir de entonces y hasta mediados del siglo XIII las cruzadas se sucedieron, saldándose la última de ellas con la muerte de san Luis. En realidad, las cosas no son tan sencillas: Para empezar, Urbano II nunca empleó el término cruzada. Y durante toda la Edad Media se produjeron movimientos colectivos, peregrinaciones exaltadas y guerras santas que hacen muy difícil delimitar este concepto, que...

Es el primer libro en Cuba sobre el empresario tabaquero alemán Gustav Bock Muller. Este sagaz y emprendedor empresario germano dirigió el primer trust de tabacos en Cuba y presidió los demás creados después sobre la base de capitales ingleses y norteamericanos que invadieron la isla en los años finales de la guerra de independencia cubana.

This study offers a profound study of Arrufat's play, using most recent critical trends concerning the performance aspect of the drama. It examines the genre of the drama and its relationship to the phenomenon of the Cuban Revolution, Arrufat as a Cuban playwright of the 60s and his re-writing of the Greek theme of the fratricidal fight in Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes. Also contains a recent interview with Arrufat in which he describes the social circumstances surrounding the play and some of his classical re-writing techniques.