Cartas extraordinarias

Antonio Perez, the brilliant but erratic secretary to Philip II of Spain, became in the years of his exile a political agent in the service of the Earl of Essex, arriving at the Court of Queen Elizabeth in 1593. On behalf of Essex, who valued him as a friend, a partner and a humanist scholar, he cast an intelligence network over Italy; and he made a striking, though dangerous, contribution to the Essex cult.

‘Los amores trágicos de Píramo y Tisbe’ (‘Les amours tragiques de Pyrame et Thisbe’) es la única obra dramática conservada del poeta Théophile de Viau (1590-1626), una de las voces más singulares de la literatura francesa del primer tercio del siglo XVII. Afamado poeta en su momento, con importantes relaciones con la nobleza francesa, lo que le hizo participar en las tensiones políticas de su tiempo, su suerte se truncó cuando fue arrollado por la maquinaria judicial represiva que se fijó en sus poemas libertinos. Juzgado y encarcelado, fue condenado al exilio, pero murió...

Against the apparent initial antagonism between literature and law, Magris proposes a more profound and complex vision and argues that law’s frigidity is also what makes possible life’s warmth, which is passionately portrayed by literature. In this way, he vindicates the richness of a relationship that, far from being one of opposition, often ends up revealing important similarities. Al aparente antagonismo inicial entre la literatura y el derecho, Magris contrapone una visión más profunda y compleja y revela que la frialdad del derecho es también lo que hace posible la calidez de la...

During the 20th century in Mexico, Mexican literati formed literary groups and created new movements in poetry, short story, and essay centered around significant literary journals. This book is a study and analysis of the literary journal El Hijo Prûdigo and the generation of the early 1940s which brought Mexico into literary prominence. Outstanding collaborators of El Hijo Prûdigo include Octavio Paz, Agustin Y- Rò Rez, Josè R Vasconcelos, Alfonso Reyes, Josè R Revueltaz, and Francisco Rojas Gonzalez. This study also offers a complete critical indexing of the journal's contents.