Hermesiana

Luis Barahona reivindica una Costa Rica con pensamiento de identidad. Nos lleva a través de su vívida prosa, a las márgenes del discurso donde convergen lo imaginario y lo real. Allí nos encontramos con el ideario de Mario Sancho, Pío Víquez, Víctor Manuel Sanabria y Manuel de Jesús Jiménez; con las reflexiones acerca de la paz, las ideas estéticas, la picaresca y el idealismo del Quijote. Animado por la idiosincracia de un Cartago y una Costa Rica todavía iluminados por el pensamiento hispanoamericano, como confluencia filosófica, nos deja el valor de hechos y personalidades que...

Alguna vez te has preguntado, ¿a dónde irán los globos que se les escapan a los niñ@s?. Lee este cuento y descubrirás el viaje que recorrió un globo azul que perdió un niño que iba con su abuelo.

A pathbreaking account of the influence and context of Andalusian life and art in the poetry and drama of Federico Garcia Lorca. Andalusia was the central feature and influence in the life and writings of the twentieth-century author, musician, and artist, Federico Garcia Lorca. Rooted in his native region, which both captivated and shaped him, Lorca maintained that "The better a writer learns how to interpret the landscape, the greater the artist he will be." Blessed with an acute historical sense of a region where the past is both present and enduring, Lorca proved himself sensitive and...

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...