New Perspectives on Arabian Nights

The two volumes gather the most important findings of the nine sessions held at the Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas (AIH) conference in Münster, Germany, in 2016. The contributions focus, for example, on convergences and divergences between the holy and profane in medieval literature, on the constitution and construction of the "I" in Siglo de oro prose and poetry, or on the importance of space in theatre. Other central topics are transitions (in 18th- and 19th-century literature), crises and disruptions (in modern and contemporary literature), as well as transculturations and...

Making a pact with the devil is not as easy as it looks. On one hand, you get fame and fortune for over 800 years, but, on the other hand, you have to become a vengeful being willing to condemn yourself to a lifetime of servitude. Prosper will try to avoid this by returning the devil Alastor to his world before he destroys her family. In order to accomplish this, she will have to avoid numerous traps, tricks, and Alastor's wicked sense of humor with only the help of her Uncle Barnabas, a witch's apprentice, and a cat with bat wings.

La Biblia hebrea, uno de los modelos vertebradores de la cultura occidental, ha ejercido un influjo constante en el imaginario de su creación artística. Y esto, en todos sus ámbitos (pintura, iluminación, escultura, música, cinematografía), pero de manera especial en el literario. El teatro nace en el medievo como «representación» de temes y personajes bíblicos; innumerables obras literarias (poéticas, dramáticas y narrativas) de siglos posteriores hallaron en la Biblia hebrea, no solo argumentos de representación del pasado, sino sobre todo «arquetipos» de valor universal...

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."