Absurdo y rebelión

Las primeras ediciones de sus libros, sin ilustraciones y llenas de notas al pie, no tuvieron buena acogida; pero luego, cuando añadieron grabados y pulieron el lenguaje, consiguieron que sus relatos de hadas, brujas, duendes y demás criaturas fantásticas, despertaran el interés de los lectores. Gracias a estos dos talentosos artistas que popularizaron los cuentos tradicionales y les dieron forma literaria, hoy son mundialmente conocidas las historias de “Pulgarcito”, “La bella durmiente”, “Hansel y Gretel”, “Blancanieves”, “El sastrecillo valiente”, “Los músicos de ...

En este el noveno título de la colección Capilla Alfonsina de Alfonso Reyes, Periodismo, prologado por Federico Reyes Heroles, podemos ver a Reyes preocupado y despreocupado por los devenires de las publicaciones periódicas de la época, por sus entregas programadas, por las críticas y reseñas de libros, propios y ajenos, que lee en ellos.

This collection of essays presents views on Don Quijote by noted Latin American philosophers, historians, sociologists, poets, and novelists. It intends to make the student of Hispanic culture aware of the profound love and admiration that Hispanic America has always demonstrated toward Cervantes and his masterpiece. Until now, the contributions of Latin American intellectuals to Cervantine studies have largely been ignored in publications in the United States. Written in Spanish, this text will be useful to the student and scholar of Hispanic literature and Latin American Studies.

Fernan Gonzalez lived from about AD 910 to 970. The popular image of him is of a fearsome warrior who gave his people protection from their enemies (both Muslim and Christian), and a wise and respected lord who enabled them to live in security and harmony. He was generally accepted to have played a strategic role in achieving independence for Castile and freeing it from dominance by the kingdom of Leon. The Poema de Fernan Gonzalez was composed (by an unknown author) in the mid-thirteenth century as an enduring celebration of his triumphs and account of his life and deeds. Fact and legend...