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Se editan aquí completas las composiciones de uno de los mayores poetas europeos de todos los tiempos. Admirado por Dante (quien llegó a romper la unidad idiomática de la Divina comedia para hacer hablar a Daniel en provenzal en su encuentro en el Purgatorio) y venerado por Petrarca–lo que hizo vivir su poderoso influjo durante los siglos xv, xvi y xvii–, la presencia del trovador ha llegado hasta nuestros días con fuerza inusitada (baste recordar a Ezra Pound, Jaime Gil de Biedma o Joan Brossa). El profesor Riquer nos presenta una muy cuidadosa edición original, con traducción...

"Jesus Torrecilla explores the question of how societies considered to be marginal perceive their relationship with those that are hegemonic. Focusing on the works of Mariano Jose de Larra, Benito Perez Galdos, and Miguel de Unamuno, he argues that the inner tension created between the foreign models and the writers' own literary tradition explains two of the most important characteristics of Spanish literature: its belatedness with respect to European trends and, more generally, its traditionalism, which, says Torrecilla, is a reaction not against modernity as such but against modernity as a ...

This book is virtually the only source of knowledge concerning its author's early life. He was born in Montemor-o-Velho some ten or twelve years before the death of King Manuel in December 1521. About the time of the latter event he to Lisbon and intered 'the service or relatives.'

Against the apparent initial antagonism between literature and law, Magris proposes a more profound and complex vision and argues that law’s frigidity is also what makes possible life’s warmth, which is passionately portrayed by literature. In this way, he vindicates the richness of a relationship that, far from being one of opposition, often ends up revealing important similarities. Al aparente antagonismo inicial entre la literatura y el derecho, Magris contrapone una visión más profunda y compleja y revela que la frialdad del derecho es también lo que hace posible la calidez de la...