El heliocentrismo en el mundo de habla española

Entre abogados, periodistas, damas de la caridad, triángulos amorosos, políticos corruptos y transeúntes, se narra la historia de la Cali burguesa durante la década de los años treinta. En esta novela encontramos una visión del mundo de la ciudad que vivía de cerca las convulsiones de la época, reflejadas en la conformación de familias por medio de los matrimonios a conveniencia, los negocios con la tierra, la avalancha del comercio nacional e internacional, el ambiente político y la influencia de los norteamericanos en la cotidianidad caleña y los grandes negocios de la naciente...

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...

Colombia produced one of the richest literatures of Latin America, as much for its abundance as for its variety and innovation during the 19th century. This value has been unknown due to subsequent writers and critics that rejected the importance of this literature and influenced readers to ignore this literary production as noteworthy. In the same way, this lack of recognition has been perpetuated by the absence of information of the literary works produced during the 19th century and has hampered the investigation and research of new generations of readers. Therefore, this Bibliography of...

Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, this comparative study of a selection of The Arabian Nights stories in a cross-cultural context, brings together a number of disciplines and subject areas to examine the workings of narrative. It predominantly focuses on the ways in which the Arabian Nights have transformed as its stories have travelled across historical eras, cultures, genres and media. Departing from the familiar approaches of influence and textual studies, this book locates its central inquiry in the theoretical questions surrounding the workings of ideology, genre and genre ideology ...