Myrtia de Osuna

De la tragedia de Antígona al proceso Calas, de los misterios de Juana de Arco al enigma de Jack el Destripador, Jacques Vergès nos sumerge aquí en los arcanos de los grandes procesos de la Historia defendiendo con brío una estética de la justicia que se nutre del legado mítico y literario. Tratemos de imaginar cómo será el abogado del futuro. Jacques Vergès lo ha intentado; démosle la palabra: «Quisiera elogiar al abogado del futuro, capaz de comprender a todos los seres humanos, a los nómadas del gran desierto y a los campesinos de las colinas, a los cazadores de la sabana y a...

The alcalde of Andujar during the reign of Henry IV of Castile (1454-1474), Escavias was also a historian, a poet, and a counselor to the king. Based on unpublished documents, this volume discusses the various aspects of his life and demonstrates conclusively that he was the author of Hechos de Miguel Lucas de Iranzo. In addition, the volume presents the most important sections of his unpublished Repertorio de principes.

This edited volume explores the ways in which Miguel de Cervantes adopted humanist positions, whether he submitted these to critical examination or made them the target of his satires. It tries to determine how familiar Cervantes was with the contemporary developments of humanism in different European countries, and if references to particular humanist thinkers can be identified in his work. The contributions gathered in this volume, all from acknowledged Cervantes experts, tackle among others the following questions: How does Cervantes analyse the humanist connexion between science and...

A group of thirty chronicles that Fabrizio Meja Madrid spun along thirteen years while strolling up and down the national territory, from the forest to the desert, from the mountains to the highlands, to end, like so many other Mexicans every year, crossing the northern frontier. New drugs, saints with beatified roosters, murderers of one night and of one life, communards with "machetes" and teachers surrounding the foreigner murdered in Oaxaca, a town of kidnappers and three missing towns, the television that presents circus phenomena, the fantasies of the national porn, the corpses of too...