Historia sociolingüística de México.

La riqueza y la complejidad linguistica que se dan en el vasto territorio mexicano son de suyo una incitante invitacion al analisis y a la historia. Tal es el objetivo final de esta "Historia sociolinguistica de Mexico": narrar desde varias perspectivas la historia de las lenguas y, en especial, la historia de los hablantes en Mexico a lo largo de los siglos, tanto en terminos de consenso como en terminos de conflicto. Multiples miradas convergen en esta "Historia" en torno a los diversos procesos, que se han imbricado lenguas y hablantes en el paradojico Mexico plurietnico. Este volumen 2...

The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli is one of his most celebrated works regarding western philosophy and politics. It constitutes a polemic and irreverent way of thinking that is a bit ironic but always lucid. You'll be captivated by a timeless assessment of power, status, and their origins, as well as how these are legitimized.

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

En este paseo fascinante por tan afamada ciudad durante una de las épocas más complicadas, significativas y, en definitiva, triunfantes de su historia, Agnès Poirier desdevana las historias de los poetas, escritores, pintores y filósofos cuyas vidas confluyeron allí, con consecuencias extraordinarias, entre 1940 y 1950. Nos revela el drama humano que subyace a algunas de las obras más celebradas del siglo pasado, desde el Hijo nativo de Richard Wright, El Segundo sexo de Simone de Beauvoir y La habitación de Giovanni de James Baldwin a Esperando a Godot, de Samuel Beckett y el Augie...

With contributions by well-known and respected critics, writing of a very high caliber, and essays that explore hitherto uncharted territory, Mirrors and Echoes is a welcome addition to the growing literature on Spanish women's writing. Lou Charnon-Deutsch, author of Narratives of Desire: Nineteenth-Century Spanish Fiction by Women"