El espacio urbano en la narrativa del Madrid de la Edad de Plata (1900-1938)

Following studies by Goodman, Waley, and Darst, this new study of Garcilaso's work rejects as unfounded the traditional readings of Garcilaso's poetry based on the idea of sincerity and the poet's frustrated love for the Portuguese lady-in-waiting Isabel Freire. In place of the much-abused concept of sincerity, Heiple argues that the intellectual currents of the Renaissance are much more important for the analysis of Garcilaso's poetry. He analyzes in Garcilaso's poetry the uses of Renaissance concepts of mythology, poetic style, theories of love, primitivism, and iconological traditions....

This is the first collection of criticism on Mario Benedetti's work published in Spanish covering his literary works, the major themes of his writing, cinematic interpretations of his works, and his political commitments.

Maria de Zayas utilizes the theme of the supernatural in her novels to portray an upsidedown world where men are the ones who ally themselves to the devil to seduce women and dishonor them. This work will be of special interest to those interested in the study of women literature starting with the Middle Ages to our modern times.

El Código Da Vinci ha arrasado en las listas de ventas de medio mundo. Sin embargo, pocos conocen la historia real en la que se basa el citado autor, una trama clave para entender la historia oculta de los últimos milenios. Sociedades secretas, los descendientes de Jesús el Nazareno y María Magdalena, la dinastía divina de los merovingios, la Orden del Temple, los conocimientos del inquietante Priorato de Sión, y el enigma de unos manuscritos con una documentación trascendental hallados a finales del siglo XIX en la localidad de Rénnes-le-Ch'teau, son parte de los argumentos que se...