César Vallejo

A little boy named Dula wants to be the fastest runner. He works skinning fish and, each morning, along with the other child laborers, he tries to win and get to his job first. Sometimes he does it, but not always, depending on whether he had anything to eat the night before. This book provides an excellent way to discuss poverty and its consequences in other countries.

"As much as in other countries, there is a bildungsroman novel in Spanish America like the ones of Güiraldes, Vargas Llosa, and Pacheco. However, less studied is the same genre of novel written by women. Examines growing pains and search for freedom in a patriarchal society in the works of Elena Poniatowska, Rosario Castellanos, Claribel Alegría, Rosario Ferré, and Beatriz Guido. Interesting contribution to the growing body of studies on these writers"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Aquest volum dedicat a Miguel Hernández presenta, en quatre grans apartats, una sèrie d'aportacions sobre aspectes molt significatius de la vida i l'obra del gran escriptor oriolà. Així, de la seva poesia s'analitzen els eixos temàtics articuladors del seu món poètic, les claus de la modelització lírica i les formes compositives; del seu teatre, es sistematitzen i expliquen determinats signes (mimètics i sacrificials) merceritzadores de la seua dramatúrgia. s'indaguen, també, les seves fonts formatives i es revisen i documenten les relacions d'amistat amb Aleixandre i González...

Este estudio, ampliamente documentado, somete la obra del poeta José María Heredia (1803-1839) a una rigurosa relectura, tomando como punto de partida la muy comentada "melancolicidad" de este autor cubano.