Ficción-historia

Childhood is a fundamental theme in the works of Ana Maria Matute, and also one of the key issues for the study of the aesthetic narrative of the writer. This thesis presents an analysis of the image of childhood in the works of Matute written for adults, observed in two distinct literary contexts: that of the realistic novels and of the fantastic works. This division also corresponds, though not mathematically, to the two creative periods of the writer, so that the continuity and evolution of both the theme and the aesthetic techniques throughout the author's entire literary career can be...

How Far is America From Here? approaches American nations and cultures from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. It is very much at the heart of this comparative agenda that “America” be considered as a hemispheric and global matter. It discusses American identities relationally, whether the relations under discussion operate within the borders of the United States, throughout the Americas, and/or worldwide. The various articles here gathered interrogate the very notion of “America”: which, whose America, when, why now, how? What is meant by “far”—distance,...

La obra contiene: El abanico de Lady Windermere. Una mujer sin importancia. Un marido ideal. La importancia de llamarse Ernesto. El Príncipe Feliz y otros cuentos. El retrato de Míster W. H. El crimen de lord Arthur Savile y otras historias. Una casa de granadas. El crítico como artista. La decadencia de la mentira. Ravena. Poemas en prosa. La balada de la cárcel de Reading

José Saramago en sus palabras. Un catálogo de reflexiones personales, literarias e ideológicas. La intervención en la esfera pública constituye uno de los rasgos centrales del perfil intelectual de José Saramago. Su voz se convirtió en una referencia global, particularmente identificada con el pensamiento crítico, la defensa de los excluidos y la reivindicación de los derechos humanos. La concesión del Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1998 contribuyó a acrecentar el alcance de sus palabras. Este libro constituye un repertorio de declaraciones del autor recogidas en prensa escrita...