Testimonio hispanoamericano

In this brilliant overview of parodic praxis in the Spanish-American novel during the years 1960-1985, Elzbieta SkPlodowska examines several aspects of parody: its role in the renovation of anachronistic forms of discourse (mock-epic) and the re-writing of the canon of the historical novel; its function in transgressing literary formulas (detective novel); its subversive quality in the counter-discourse of women writers; and the relation between parody, satire, irony, humor, and metafiction. This sound analysis of some twenty-five novels, carefully illustrated by works little treated in...

This is the first collection of criticism on Mario Benedetti's work published in Spanish covering his literary works, the major themes of his writing, cinematic interpretations of his works, and his political commitments.

Esta colección de estudios críticos se ha compilado con el propósito de revalorar al genial comediógrafo del siglo XVII, Luis Vélez de Guevara (1579-1644), y, posiblemente, restablecerlo como figura de importancia en la historia del teatro español.

Un viaje, en clave de ensayo singular, a través de las palabras y los autores que marcan la ruta de nuestro tiempo. Aviso de lectura No se me quejen: en este libro, que tiene el aire de un ensayo pero en realidad es un viaje por las palabras, las ideas y los autores que configuran el mapa de nuestra contemporaneidad, ustedes podrán reflexionar y charlar en compañía de Georges Bataille, Samuel Beckett, Maurice Blanchot, Nietzsche, Mallarmé, Baltasar Gracián, Antonio Machado, Georgia O#Keeffe, Pessoa, Luis Pimentel, Marcel Duchamp, Edgar Morin, Kostas Axelos, Jorge Barbi, Winnicott, Roger ...

Reviewers have celebrated this important volume as the first comprehensive critical appraisal of the 1997 Nobel Prize laureate for literature. The volume features an introduction, an extensive annotated bibliography, an index, and Aleixandre's Nobel Prize acceptance lecture.