Las literaturas hispánicas: España

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Estos dos volúmenes de ensayos tratan de diversos aspectos y autores de la literatura norteamericana, desde los orígenes puritanos hasta nuestros días. Desde la problemática de la posible elaboración de un canon literario norteamericano hasta, pasando por autores como Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Thoreau, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Sinclair Lewis, Tennessee Williams, William Faulkner, J. D. Salinger, John Steinbeck y William Kennedy, se presenta una visión de esta literatura que tiene en cuenta los textos literarios dentro del desarrollo histórico, político y económico...

Anicio Manlio Torcuato Severino Boecio (470-524) nace en Roma y estudia retorica y filosofia en Atenas. Fue senador romano. Su proyecto originario fue el de traducir al latin tanto a Platon como Aristoteles. Boecio ha sido calificado como el ultimo representante de la cultura romana antigua y el primero de los intelectuales medievales. Su obra mas importante es "De la consolacion por la filosofia" y se compone de cinco libros en prosa y verso. Esta obra esta escrita en forma de dialogo entre el propio Boecio y Filosofia, personaje alegorico que se le aparece a Boecio para aclararle el...

This edition comprises selected examples of the Cuban writer Ofelia Rodriguez Acosta' s prose, including her best known novel and samples of her short stories, essays and journalism works. These texts range from raw realism to lyrical exaltation; from the direct portayal of the historical moment to the meticulous insight of the human psyche. Her peculiar naturalism bloomed under the influence of the philosophical currents of her times, encompassing echoes of Positivism, but after a passionate discussion against Existentialism her writing steerer towards the Latin American avant-garde...