Miradas Sobre Pasado Y Presente en El Cine Espanol (1990-2005)

Esta es la primera reedición completa del Museo de cuadros de costumbres y va¬riedades (1866). Compuesta por 97 textos cortos y la primera impresión completa de la novela Manuela, de Eugenio Díaz, esta compilación fue editada por Vergara y Vergara como un álbum de recortes a partir de periódicos publicados desde 1846 y hasta 1866. A la manera de otras compilaciones, como Los españoles pintados por sí mismos (18431844) o Los cubanos pintados por sí mismos (1852), Vergara buscaba que el Museo representara el álbum familiar de Colombia. A partir de tipos humanos, eventos históricos y ...

Fernan Gonzalez lived from about AD 910 to 970. The popular image of him is of a fearsome warrior who gave his people protection from their enemies (both Muslim and Christian), and a wise and respected lord who enabled them to live in security and harmony. He was generally accepted to have played a strategic role in achieving independence for Castile and freeing it from dominance by the kingdom of Leon. The Poema de Fernan Gonzalez was composed (by an unknown author) in the mid-thirteenth century as an enduring celebration of his triumphs and account of his life and deeds. Fact and legend...

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...

Alamedas Oscuras es una colección de relatos escrita inicialmente durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en los que todo gira en torno al amor. Último libro de su vida, Bunin no dudó en considerarlo su mejor obra. Proponemos al lector una selección representativa de relatos, incluyendo el que da nombre al libro.