Spanish Golden Age Poetry in Motion

This volume contains an examination of what are described as the most poetic examples of Chilean prose written in the 20th century. By adopting Ralph Freedman's conceptual definition of lyrical narrative and using it as her point of departure, Professor Kostopolos-Cooperman argues that the protean and magical nature of Bombal's lyrical prose transcends the causal, temporal and spatial movement that characterizes conventional fiction. In her view, Bombal's work is rather a narrative that arises in the poetic imagination of a narrator who creates a tapestry of expanding musical and pictorial...

A l'any 1548, el cronista Gonzalo Fernández d'Oviedo (1478-1557) va concloure la redacció del Llibre de la Cámara Real del príncipe don Juan, un breu tractat en el qual es fa memòria sobre l'organització interna per la qual es va regir la casa del príncep don Joan (1478-1497), primogènit i únic fill varó dels Reis Catòlics. Inèdita des de 1870, l'obra s'oferix ara en una edició crítica anotava i precedida d'estudi, que pren com testimoniatges els dos manuscrits autògrafs conservats. Al llarg de les seues pàgines, inicialment dedicades al futur Felip II, Fernández d'Oviedo...

La literatura infantil y juvenil como fenómeno de mercado es reciente, y sus orígenes, lejanos en el tiempo. Conocer su desarrollo, sus principales representantes, sus tendencias es, sin duda, una de las mejores formas de capacitación de todos los que necesitan entender y orientarse en medio de la enorme avalancha de libros existentes en la actualidad. Este libro marca un punto de partida para todos los que buscan un panorama general de la literatura para niños, abriendo puertas para aquellos interesados en profundizar en su conocimiento. Una historia portátil y abarcable que, como buena ...

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...