Pedro Montengón's Frioleras eruditas y curiosas para la pública instrucción

Tras el espejo la musa escribe reúne las voces poéticas de doce escritoras seglares y religiosas de los siglos XVI y XVII que, apropiándose cauta y sigilosamente de los códigos y retórica al uso, desafían el canon de las letras masculinas para desestabilizarlo y, a la postre, subvertirlo. Las escritoras seglares, siguiendo la tradición de la querelle des femmes, critican la inconstancia y traiciones de los hombres; se mofan de sus pretensiones amorosas, destruyen los iconos femeninos y oponen a los modelos del deseo masculino la belleza interior de las mujeres, amén de defender y...

This book analyzes the theoretical aspects of specific humoristic techniques in Gabriel Garcia Marquez. These techniques employ ranges from the use of explicit jokes, hyperbole or textual and cultural carnival, and literary resources such as irony, parody and ambiguity.

The Zizek Reader - which includes a Foreword by Zizek and a new, previously unpublished essay on cyberspace - provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the flamboyant work of a figure who has been variously described as 'one of the most arresting, insightful and scandalous thinkers in recent memory' and 'the Giant of Ljubljana'. Collects work by one of the most arresting and scandalous thinkers of our time. Aids the reader to understand the often complex thinking of both Lacan and Zizek .

This is the first collection of criticism on Mario Benedetti's work published in Spanish covering his literary works, the major themes of his writing, cinematic interpretations of his works, and his political commitments.