La narración artística como documento

This is a collection of 29 essays from many of the world's top scholars to honor their beloved and influential colleague and mentor, Frederick A. de Armas. The essays are grouped into the categories "Studies in CalderÓn," "Iberian Stages," "Reading the Siglo de Oro: Poetry and Prose," and "Don Quixote."

This volume contains an examination of what are described as the most poetic examples of Chilean prose written in the 20th century. By adopting Ralph Freedman's conceptual definition of lyrical narrative and using it as her point of departure, Professor Kostopolos-Cooperman argues that the protean and magical nature of Bombal's lyrical prose transcends the causal, temporal and spatial movement that characterizes conventional fiction. In her view, Bombal's work is rather a narrative that arises in the poetic imagination of a narrator who creates a tapestry of expanding musical and pictorial...

A short story collection by one of the most highly acclaimed short story writers in literary history, this book contains five horror stories that will inspire both fear and wonder in the hearts and minds of readers. Guy de Maupassant’s beautiful language and intense narrative pace, when combined with his powerful imagination, masterfully blend terror and fantasy to create page-turning prose. Included in this collection are the short stories “Fear,” “Beside Schopenhauer's Corpse,” and “Who Knows?” Una colección de cuentos por uno de los más aclamados escritores de cuentos de la ...

In this very realistic novel, six people tell readers about the life of a teenage drug user named Mario from the time he was born to the time he dies at age 19. The different voices blend to create a poignant commentary on family, friendship, love, society, and the problems facing young people.