La extranjería argentina

El gran dolor del mundo reúne una amplia selección de los diarios inéditos de Francisco Candel, quien llevó constancia de su día a día desde 1944 hasta pocas semanas antes de morir, en 2007. En la cubierta del primer volumen de sus diarios, Francisco Candel escribió: «Quien quiera que seas, si por casualidad tropiezas con este cuaderno, no cometas la indiscreción de leerlo». Sin embargo, con el tiempo cobró conciencia de su interés como testimonio incalculable de una época y de sí mismo. Candel fue un hombre de frontera, entre el precario mundo que le vio nacer, al que sería...

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...

Biography and appreciation of literary contributions of women authors by other women, with brief biographical information included on them also. Included are Magda Szabó, Anne Waldman, Gisela Kozak Rovero, Gordana Kuić, Nélida Piñón, Margaret Atwood, Sofia Coppola, Doris Lessing, A. S. Byatt, Sujata Bhatt, Assia Djebar, Amélie Nothomb, Zadie Smith, Wisława Szymborska, and Anne Tyler.

Antonio Perez, the brilliant but erratic secretary to Philip II of Spain, became in the years of his exile a political agent in the service of the Earl of Essex, arriving at the Court of Queen Elizabeth in 1593. On behalf of Essex, who valued him as a friend, a partner and a humanist scholar, he cast an intelligence network over Italy; and he made a striking, though dangerous, contribution to the Essex cult.