Ecos de la conquista

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

A setenta años del inicio de la Guerra Civil, el presente libro ofrece una estudio del mito político franquista por antonomasia: el del Alzamiento Nacional del 18 de julio de 1936. Repasa la literatura y la cinematografía más significativas sobre la guerra y analiza algunos de los mitos y distorsiones de los vencedores aún vigentes: su inevitabilidad, la leyenda de Badajoz, la gesta del Alcázar, el papel de sus intelectuales tomando a Pemán y Unamuno como modelos, la confusa cuestión de la memoria y el olvido, etc. El autor pone de manifiesto cómo el recuerdo e influencia de la...

En este ensayo se analizan las paradojas que suscito y aun suscita el episodio de Malvinas, tal como fueron vividas, planteadas y resueltas por sus propios actores; el proceso por el que un pequeno archipielago del Atlantico sur se convirtio en emblema de la nacion, y finalmente que hicieron los argentinos con Malvinas despues de la rendicion, cuando el simbolo de la unidad comunitaria se torno en un simbolo de verguenza y antagonismo.

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