Border Crossings

Volumen 2: España is the second text in the series Las literaturas hispánicas: Introducción a su estudio. It contains examples of poetry, short stories, essays, novels, and plays by major literary figures of Spain from the Middle Ages to today. The book can be used along with Volumen 1, which provides a foundation for the reading and understanding of various literary genres in their cultural contexts.

A thorough study of the life and works of the Chilean poet, winner of the 1991 "Premio Pablo Neruda."

Leído directamente, o a través del filtro de sus admiradores más conspicuos (J.R.Jiménez, Luis Cernuda, Gil de Biedma o Fernando Ortiz), T.S.Eliot (1888-1965) sigue ejerciendo una gran fascinación e influencia sobre los actuales poetas españoles. Se estudia aquí el eco de su poesía e ideas críticas entre nosotros al hilo de las traducciones más representativas al castellano de la obra del poeta angloamericano. Emilio Barón, doctor en Literatura comparada por la Universidad de Montreal, y autor de varios libros sobre poesía moderna, ha sido profesor en las universidades canadienses ...

The evening that everyone has been waiting for has finally come. Heinrich Heine's "El pobre Pedro" will be performed on stage, by children for children. The young actors are getting ready for their grand entrance, while the theater-goers are streaming in. The curtain goes up and the story begins, the story of how Peter doesn't get Greta. It's dramatic, exciting, and sometimes even funny. By looking at the pictures, the reader can see how the audience reacts. They are either surprised, appaled, or amused. In his picture book for children, Peter Schössow adapts this old tale of love and...