Poesía y filosofía

This book teaches about different modes of transportation using simple raised die-cut shapes on a left-hand page mirrored in the scooped-out forms of the right.

How Far is America From Here? approaches American nations and cultures from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. It is very much at the heart of this comparative agenda that “America” be considered as a hemispheric and global matter. It discusses American identities relationally, whether the relations under discussion operate within the borders of the United States, throughout the Americas, and/or worldwide. The various articles here gathered interrogate the very notion of “America”: which, whose America, when, why now, how? What is meant by “far”—distance,...

Uno de los ensayos más célebres de George Orwell, en el que disecciona el ambiente social y literario en la Europa de los años treinta. En el vientre de la ballena es un ensayo dividido en tres partes donde el autor emplea el relato bíblico de Jonás y la ballena para ejemplificar la actitud conformista imperante en los años treinta, periodo caracterizado por la pasividad e indiferencia ante las graves circunstancias políticas y sociales que se vivían entonces. Tras un turbulento comienzo de siglo marcado por la Primera Guerra Mundial, la Revolución Rusa y la Guerra Civil española, y ...

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...