El libro peligroso para las chicas

La poesía española de los años 50, ampliamente historiada en muchos de sus aspectos, concentra, no obstante, una riqueza y diversidad estética que no ha sido plenamente reconocida y divulgada. Este volumen reúne ensayos que abordan su estudio desde ángulos que potencian el conocimiento de textos y autores generalmente postergados. Así, con la intención de aquilatar un riguroso trabajo creativo, se incorporan al volumen análisis referidos a la obra de Fernando Quiñones y de César Simón, dos representantes de una estética alejada de la dominante epocal. La mayor parte de los...

Fernan Gonzalez lived from about AD 910 to 970. The popular image of him is of a fearsome warrior who gave his people protection from their enemies (both Muslim and Christian), and a wise and respected lord who enabled them to live in security and harmony. He was generally accepted to have played a strategic role in achieving independence for Castile and freeing it from dominance by the kingdom of Leon. The Poema de Fernan Gonzalez was composed (by an unknown author) in the mid-thirteenth century as an enduring celebration of his triumphs and account of his life and deeds. Fact and legend...

Vaun Adams es una de las pintoras mas cotizadas y admiradas de su tiempo. Sus cuadros son celebres. Pero de ella solo se conoce el nombre. Nadie ha visto nunca su rostro. Ahora, en la tranquila comunidad en la que Vaun Adams ha instalado su refugio, se han cometido unos crimenes terribles a los que nadie encuentra explicacion. La detective del departamento de homicidios de San Francisco, Kate Martinelli, se he encargado del caso. La investigacion de los asesinatos le llevara muy cerca de Vaun Adams y de su oscuro pasado. Tan cerca que las consecuencias podrian acabar con todo aquello por lo...

Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, this comparative study of a selection of The Arabian Nights stories in a cross-cultural context, brings together a number of disciplines and subject areas to examine the workings of narrative. It predominantly focuses on the ways in which the Arabian Nights have transformed as its stories have travelled across historical eras, cultures, genres and media. Departing from the familiar approaches of influence and textual studies, this book locates its central inquiry in the theoretical questions surrounding the workings of ideology, genre and genre ideology ...