La novela en el siglo XX desde 1939 / The novel in the XX century from 1939

This trilingual volume examines the extent to which myths are affected by the crises of the 20th and 21st centuries. It brings together four theoretical studies which analyse both the crisis of structure – implying the distortion or disappearance of myth – and the crisis of concepts and terminology that currently threaten the study of mythology. The largest section of the volume focuses on the crises that have affected ancient, medieval and modern literary myths from a global perspective, taking into account psychology, ethics, politics and contemporary meta-literature. The final section...

The author of short stories, novels and essays, Benítez Rojo is an atypical intellectual in the panorama of Cuban exile because he offers an original perspective of the past, present and future conflicts of this troubled and complex area. This literary biography tells of his journey from his emergence in the Cuban intellectual world in 1967 to his death in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 2005.

Este libro es el fruto de una historia de amor que ha durado toda una vida. Leer es, creo, mi actividad favorita; los libros y yo hemos sido inseparables hasta donde me alcanza la memoria...Aún hoy, me angustia no tener a mano un libro, una revista, un periódico, un trozo de papel para leer... Me gusta el olor de los libros, más aún su tacto. La vida sin libros sería para mí un horror vacío. Charles Van Doren Con un maestro como Charles Van Doren, cuyo entusiasmo ha inspirado a generaciones de estudiantes, no es difícil contagiarse del placer de leer. De la mano de Van Doren...

Este libro explora la representación de la mujer moderna en los escritos de Federica Montseny (1905-1994), prominente líder anarquista española en las décadas de 1920 y 1930. This book explores the figure of the modern woman in the writings of Federica Montseny (1905-1994), a prominent Spanish anarchist leader during the 1920s and 1930s.