Compendio general e innecesario de cosas que nunca pensó que le fueran a importar

An elucidation in Spanish of the dramatic intentions and accomplishments of the two best imitators of the inspired craftsmanship of Pedro Calderón de la Barca, this is the first monograph to be published on Rojas Zorilla and Moreto for at least two decades. Following an introductory section, in which she discusses and compares the differing attitudes and methods of the two dramatists, the author concentrates on their respective achievements in the genres which they practiced with enthusiasm and ability. Among the comedies and serious secular plays selected for analysis are not only their...

"Jesus Torrecilla explores the question of how societies considered to be marginal perceive their relationship with those that are hegemonic. Focusing on the works of Mariano Jose de Larra, Benito Perez Galdos, and Miguel de Unamuno, he argues that the inner tension created between the foreign models and the writers' own literary tradition explains two of the most important characteristics of Spanish literature: its belatedness with respect to European trends and, more generally, its traditionalism, which, says Torrecilla, is a reaction not against modernity as such but against modernity as a ...

La construccin de subjetividades femeninas en el contexto de la violencia en Argentina, Chile y Uruguay.

Este libro estudia la obra del poeta renacentista Juan Boscán en relación a los conceptos de cortesanía, autorrepresentación, imitación e imperio que configuraron las letras españolas del primer renacimiento y modifica la imagen tradicional de Boscán como poeta incompetente y secundario que ha prevalecido en los círculos académicos y eruditos a ambos lados del Atlántico. Se trata del primer estudio monográfico sobre la obra italianizante de Boscán que se escribe en más de veinte años. Su propósito es echar luz sobre tres aspectos cruciales de la misma a los que hasta ahora se...