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A study of the relationship betwen court festivity and theatre in 16c Spain. Dr Ferrer Valls studies the relationship between court festivity and theatre in the sixteenth century, placing special emphasis on staging. She argues that throughout the reign of Philip II court spectacle perpetuates the complicated staging of traditional performances, but with greater emphasis on their dramatic aspects and on the use of music and song. In the first two decades of the seventeenth century, and above all in specific plays by Lope de Vega, court spectacles come to reflect also the influence of Italian...

Dice César Aira que si se hiciera un estudio sistemático de la posición de exilio de los grandes escritores, de cualquier época, los resultados serían sorprendentes. Es probable, de hecho, que terminaran siendo excepciones los que vivieron e hicieron su obra en su patria y su lengua. La extranjería argentina, de Marcos Seifert, parece poner a prueba esta boutade en la lectura de una serie de ficciones contemporáneas que encuentran en los desacoples entre lengua, territorio y cultura un principio inherente a nuestra literatura. Enlazados por la imaginación crítica de Seifert, los...

During the 20th century in Mexico, Mexican literati formed literary groups and created new movements in poetry, short story, and essay centered around significant literary journals. This book is a study and analysis of the literary journal El Hijo Prûdigo and the generation of the early 1940s which brought Mexico into literary prominence. Outstanding collaborators of El Hijo Prûdigo include Octavio Paz, Agustin Y- Rò Rez, Josè R Vasconcelos, Alfonso Reyes, Josè R Revueltaz, and Francisco Rojas Gonzalez. This study also offers a complete critical indexing of the journal's contents.

Izzy is always shuffling, jiggling, squirming and twitching. She just can't keep still! So when Izzy's school go on a trip to the zoo, her teacher warns her to behave. She must never wriggle, she must never fidget and she must certainly NEVER TICKLE A TIGER! But does Izzy listen? She does NOT - and what happens next throws the zoo into complete chaos. With eye-catching illustrations by the internationally acclaimed bestselling illustrator, Marc Boutavant, Never Tickle a Tiger will amaze and delight children and parents alike! It includes a spectacular double gatefold for the grand chaotic...