La Historia Argentina En Perspectiva Local y Regional. Tomo 3: Nuevas Miradas Para Viejos Problemas

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?...

A principios del siglo XIX, la desintegracion de la monarquia espanola desato en la America Iberica un proceso de reformulacion y recomposicion politica. Los desafios de las nuevas comunidades fueron multiples, entre ellos, la definicion de la forma de gobierno a adoptar. En este contexto, este libro centra su estudio en la gravitacion que la cultura politica liberal, y en especial el constitucionalismo, tuvo en el proceso que desemboco en la promulgacion de la Constitucion de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos de 1824. Asimismo, se propone recuperar los alcances de las tensiones, consensos,...

Popular American essayist, novelist, and journalist CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER (1829-1900) was renowned for the warmth and intimacy of his writing, which encompassed travelogue, biography and autobiography, fiction, and more, and influenced entire generations of his fellow writers. Here, the prolific writer turned editor for his final grand work, a splendid survey of global literature, classic and modern, and it's not too much to suggest that if his friend and colleague Mark Twain-who stole Warner's quip about how "everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it"-had...

Cuban intellectual Roberto Regalado provides a critical analysis of the issues facing Latin America today. He examines the political crises, the emerging social movements on the continent that are spearheading international resistance to neoliberalism-from the water struggles in Bolivia to the landless movement in Brazil-and considers alternative options for development.