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Luis Eduardo Nieto Caballero (1888-1957), profesor de economía política y hacienda pública en el Externado de Colombia, entre 1920 y 1956, publicó una reseña sobre U Olimpo radical en la que, entre otros aspectos, afirmó: "Se llena de espíritu de luz en la contemplación del cuadro que el doctor Eduardo Rodríguez Piñeres pinto magistralmente con las figuras de algunos de los grandes hombres del liberalismo de antaño. No faltan los caprichos, no faltan los errores, no faltan las sombras. Pero el conjunto deja un saldo de tal manera favorable. del punto de vista de la libertad y del...

“Roma había crecido a gran velocidad, con una rapidez que los romanos nunca se cansaron de admirar, no sin razón. Reconocían que, al principio, Rómulo no se había mostrado especialmente escrupuloso, pero ¿hay que molestar a un político mientras planea algo tan grande como Roma?” En este libro Pierre Grimal se propone contarnos, como en una novela, la increíble fortuna de la ciudad de Roma: desde su mítica fundación hasta la decadencia del Imperio, pasando por la vida del reino y las grandes horas de la República. Su honda comprensión del espíritu romano nos convierte en...

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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