CONTEMPORÁNEOS

Los trabajos que se recogen en este volumen intentan abordar de la manera más completa posible la relación de Juan Ramón Jiménez con Hispanoamérica. Por un lado, reconstruyen pormenorizadamente su estancia en los países hispanoamericanos en los que residió o que visitó de manera prolongada (Cuba, Puerto Rico y Argentina); y por otro, analizan la presencia de Hispanoamérica en su obra, calibrando el influjo de la realidad y la literatura hispanoamericana en su pensamiento, valorando su labor como crítico de la literatura hispanoamericana, y determinando su huella en la poesía de...

Antonio Perez, the brilliant but erratic secretary to Philip II of Spain, became in the years of his exile a political agent in the service of the Earl of Essex, arriving at the Court of Queen Elizabeth in 1593. On behalf of Essex, who valued him as a friend, a partner and a humanist scholar, he cast an intelligence network over Italy; and he made a striking, though dangerous, contribution to the Essex cult.

En un tiempo de renovada globalización y de creciente estandarización de los productos culturales, De las más altas cumbres se presenta como un nuevo esfuerzo de Rojo para descolonizar nuestros estudios literarios y culturales, poniendo de manifiesto la existencia de una tradición de pensamiento latinoamericano sobre tales asuntos. Recorre sus páginas la convicción de que América Latina posee una cultura poderosa, que, aunque ligada a la cultura del Occidente metropolitano, posee su propio espesor.

This volume of essays in Spanish and English examines some of the key issues which surround the emergence of the Avant-Garde novel in Spain at the beginning of the twentieth century. The experimental novel of the 1920s is seen as the culmination of a process of change in approaches to the novel which began early in the century and was further promoted by Spain's key Avant-Gardist Ramón Gómez de la Serna. Several essays focus on the form of the novel and seek to shed new light on the role of José Ortega y Gasset as mentor to the new writers of the 1920s and on our understanding of his use...

Martin is an expert at losing things, but his mom and grandmother were used to it and took it with patience and a sense of humor. "You'll have to sew your things onto your hands," they told him. Martin didn't let it worry him so much until the day he lost his most beloved possession: the family photo album. He's determined to find it at any cost--but where do lost treasures go? Martin embarks on a fantastic journey to the land of lost things, where he meets great friends, terrible monsters, and an unforgettable adventure. But will he find his album?