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Annotation Between 1605 and 1621, Quevedo wrote a sequence of five "Dreams" or "Visions" "(Suenos y discursos), in each of which he hilariously envisions Spanish society as populated by people rightfully condemned to Hell. These astonishingly witty and irreverent satires of contemporary Spanish culture, morality, prejudice and religious fanaticism, were composed in a style as allusive, elliptical and equivocal as to successfully entertain both those who barely understood their full range and import, and others who celebrated the poet's rebellious insinuations. Censorship prohibited the...

¿Es posible aprender a amar y entender a una raza que desde pequeños nos han enseñado a excluir y culpar? Un español de sangre latina intenta profundizar en el alma de uno de los pueblos más ordenados e inteligentes del mundo: el pueblo alemán. Intercede por una nueva visión de la historia para valorarles ya no como individuos pertenecientes a una ideología excluyente que causó daño en el pasado, sino como personas pertenecientes a un mundo que cada día hace esfuerzos para integrarse entre sí. Les observa desde el exterior y dialécticamente intenta sacudir de sus conciencias el...

The volume gathers eleven contributions on the origins, evolution and function of female models in Western culture, from Greco-Roman texts to medieval and Renaissance literature. Organized in four thematic blocks, the book intends to elucidate how misogynistic discourse and its opposite are constructed in literary and didactical works dealing with feminine archetypes.

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.