El Olimpo radical (1864-1884)

Ernesto Bassi traza la configuración de un espacio geográfico que él llama el Gran Caribe transimperial entre 1760 y 1860. Centrándose en la costa caribeña de Nueva Granada (actual Colombia), el autor demuestra que los residentes de la región no vivieron sus vidas delimitados por fronteras geopolíticas, por el contrario, las actividades transfronterizas de marineros, comerciantes, revolucionarios, indígenas y otros, reflejaban sus percepciones del Caribe como un espacio transimperial donde circulaba el comercio, la información y las personas, cumpliendo y desafiando las regulaciones...

El libro que presentamos al lector trata de los modelos culturales observados al final de la edad media en distintos ámbitos políticos y geográficos del Occidente medieval cristiano y recoge las aportaciones de historiadores franceses, italianos, americanos y españoles convocados para compartir sus conocimientos al respecto en un coloquio organizado conjuntamente por la Casa de Velázquez, la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha y el Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris (LAMOP). Se trata de presentar diferentes puntos de vista sobre una misma cuestión: los modelos culturales...

Throughout the decades following the death of Mariano Jose de Larra, scholars have been intrigued by the impact that both the man and his writings have had on generation after generation of Spanish and Latin American writers. This study looks at the genesis of Larra's genius by carefully tabulating and identifying his sources in literature and history. This important resource book will help Larra scholars understand more completely the intricate and complex system of images, allusions and references "Figaro" used to compose his more than 250 newspaper articles. More importantly, the work...

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