"...Itself / But by reflection..." Shakespeare y el arte inestable

A model source study and an outstanding contribution to a better understanding and a greater appreciation of the serranilla, one of the most interesting expressions of medieval lyric poetry.

Eva is a 15-year-old girl with few friends and low self-esteem. She is convinced thin girls have it easier. She doesn't think that she fits in at school or at home. When she meets Michel and Franziska, things begin to look up and they help her realize that feeling good about yourself should not be tied to a scale.

No ha habido en el siglo XX un género de canción más gustado y degustado por los hispanohablantes. Nacido cubano y renacionalizado mexicano, el bolero es hoy una música universal y todos los países de nuestra área lingüística han sido sus consumidores, bastantes de ellos sus creadores. No hay duda de que ha sido y es, en mayor medida que otras, la gran canción latinoamericana. Pero, además, es un baile, el más democrático (y pecaminoso, en su día) de todos los de parejas enlazadas, y una forma de poesía que entronca con la más ilustre tradición lírica occidental: aquella que, ...

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.