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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...

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 ...

Contenido: Geneviève Fabry/Ilse Logie: Los imaginarios apocalípticos en la narrativa hispanoamericana contemporánea (s. XX-XXI). Una introducción - Camille Focant: El Apocalipsis de Juan. Género literario, estructura y recepción - Julio Ortega: La alegoría del Apocalipsis en la literatura latinoamericana - Marco Kunz: Apocalipsis y cierre de la novela en la literatura hispanoamericana contemporánea - Lucero de Vivanco Roca Rey: Entre demonios y pisadiablos: Imaginario apocalíptico en la narrativa peruana - Niall Binns: Una tierra cada vez más baldía. La evolución del imaginario...

De un orador de la talla de Marco Tulio Cicerón (106-43 a.C.) es lógico pensar que no se dedicara sólo a pronunciar brillantes discursos (la mayoría publicados ya en la Biblioteca Clásica Gredos), sino también a teorizar sobre la oratoria. Escrito en