Alejo Carpentier. La facultad mayor de la cultura

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...

Peter Pan was born over a century ago. There is something doubly contradictory in this phrase that, although true, is also the reason why this book has been released. We are talking about the boy who will never grow up and the fact that he is celebrating his hundredth birthday should provoke some surprise. At the same time, he is such a powerful icon that it is also true that he seems to have been there, floating in our culture, reappearing in its images, since time immemorial - much farther back than the early twentieth century. This book shows that, although he considered dying to be an...

Cruce de caminos entre un pasado de tentativas, un presente de evidencias y un futuro de indudables repercusiones, el Arte nuevo de hacer comedias en este tiempo (1609) resume el pulso dramático de una época y la posición estética y vital de su autor. Considerado el primer manifiesto del teatro moderno, Lope de Vega plasmó en él lo que ya había conseguido en escena: que las comedias se convirtieran en el mayor divertimento popular y en la más excelsa manifestación artística. Tan vigente hoy como en el siglo XVII, esta cuidada edición crítica de Evangelina Rodríguez nos permite...

A l'any 1548, el cronista Gonzalo Fernández d'Oviedo (1478-1557) va concloure la redacció del Llibre de la Cámara Real del príncipe don Juan, un breu tractat en el qual es fa memòria sobre l'organització interna per la qual es va regir la casa del príncep don Joan (1478-1497), primogènit i únic fill varó dels Reis Catòlics. Inèdita des de 1870, l'obra s'oferix ara en una edició crítica anotava i precedida d'estudi, que pren com testimoniatges els dos manuscrits autògrafs conservats. Al llarg de les seues pàgines, inicialment dedicades al futur Felip II, Fernández d'Oviedo...