Secretos medievales

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?...

1815 narra un hecho muy poco conocido de la historia argentina, la primer declaración de independencia en territo-rio nacional, un hecho que los historiadores liberales se han empeñado en ocultar.

Ante las desigualdades sociales que conmovían a las colonias españolas, el Estado colonial entregó parcelas a gentes humildes en baldíos del Estado o en tierras privadas que se habían otorgado a empresarios y latifundistas, y así contribuyó a formar importantes núcleos de pequeños tenedores.

Springfield Township, Montgomery County, adjoins the city of Philadelphia on its northern border. The township's six-plus square miles, originally established as "Penn's Manor of Springfield," was a gift from William Penn to his wife, Gulielma Maria Springett, c. 1681. This historic township was home to a major stagecoach line and its associated taverns and inns, considerable activity during the Revolutionary War, summertime residences of Philadelphia's wealthy, and subsequent post-World War II development as a burgeoning community just over the Philadelphia border. Springfield Township's...

La obra recoge el primer volumen de ponencias y comunicaciones presentadas al XII Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Española de Americanistas, celebrado, en torno al tema «Huelva y América», entre el 17 y el 20 de septiembre de 2007. Los trabajos de Alberto de la Hera, Julián Ruiz Rivera, Cristina García Bernal, José Luis Casado Soto, Enriqueta Vila, Fernando Navarro Antolín o Eloy Navarro constituyen una novedosa aportación al panorama del americanismo. Las actas se publican, además, como homenaje al profesor don Luis Navarro García en su paso a profesor emérito.