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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?...

Domingo del Monte fue un escritor y crítico literario cubano. Su obra Centón epistolario (1823-1857), recoge la correspondencia recibida a lo largo de su vida y ordenada por él mismo. Estas cartas ofrecen datos esenciales sobre la historia política y literaria cubana de los años 1822-1843. Constituyen una de las obras más excepcionales, originales y útiles de la historia intelectual cubana. El Centón se editó en siete tomos entre 1923 y 1957 por la Academia de la Historia de Cuba. Reúne cerca de 2.000 cartas de personalidades de diversas partes del mundo. Domingo Figarola-Caneda...

Depuis son apparition comme genre, au XVIIIe siècle, jusqu'à la fin des années 1930, la presse du monde ibérique et ibéro-américain subit un double processus d'expansion et de diversification. D'une part, les élites économiques, politiques et culturelles en font d'emblée un instrument de cohésion en la mettant au service de leurs stratégies et de leurs systèmes de valeurs. Mais d'autre part, bien que destinée tout d'abord à un public restreint, elle touche à partir des années 1850 un nombre grandissant de lecteurs et connaît un âge d'or après 1900. Sans cesser de servir les ...

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