Mujer y literatura de viajes en el siglo XIX: Entre España y las Américas

Once upon a time, there was a mouse who lived in Europe who longed to go to America, the land of liberty, and be reunited with his friends who had fled. He decides the best way to get there would be to fly. He makes many attempts until he finally designs the perfect plane. His successful voyage inspires an entire nation, including a young boy named Charles Lindbergh. Children will love the detailed illustrations and the mouse's determination in spite of some failed attempts in this very original picture book. A brief history of aviation is included at the end of the book.

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...

Revistas literarias mexicanas modernas es una serie publicada por el Fondo de Cultura Económica con el propósito de poner nuevamente en circulación, en ediciones facsimilares, las principales revistas literarias aparecidas en México en la primera mitad del siglo xx. De esta manera el curioso lector y el estudioso de nuestras letras tendrán a su alcance este sector de la literatura nacional de acceso tan difícil y de tanto interés documental. Con el objeto de facilitar su consulta, cada revista va precedida por una presentación y una ficha descriptiva, y cada volumen va provisto de un...

Aquests dos volums d'assajos tracten de diversos aspectes i autors de la literatura nord-americana, des dels orígens puritans fins als nostres dies. Des de la problemàtica de la possible elaboració d'un cànon literari nord-americà fins a, passant per autors com Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Thoreau, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Sinclair Lewis, Tennessee Williams, William Faulkner, J. D. Salinger, John Steinbeck i William Kennedy, es presenta una visió d'aquesta literatura que té en compte els textos literaris dins del desenvolupament històric, polític i econòmic del país.