Arthur Sherburne Hardy

In 1981, on the basis of documentary evidence, the authors identified the site of the first public theatre in Alcala de Henares, dating from the time of Cervantes. The building, which had been most recently in use as a cinema, showed evidence of four periods of dramatic activity: the original corral de comedias, an 18th century horse-shoe amphitheatre, an elliptical amphitheatre of Roman period, and the cinema. Research in archives provided a wealth of documentation up to the 19th century, covering all aspects of theatrical life, from the original contract for the construction of the corral...

Si partimos del supuesto que tanto la escuela como la asignatura de la Historia han constituido espacios privilegiados en los procesos de transmisión del pasado y en el establecimiento de los sentidos del mismo, cabe preguntarse si es que las luchas por la memoria del pasado dictatorial se han manifestado en la escuela y cómo lo han hecho. Por lo tanto, el presente libro parte de las siguientes preguntas: ¿cuáles fueron las representaciones de la última dictadura militar que circularon desde la redemocratización del país en la enseñanza de la historia? ¿Con qué selecciones del...

Each title in this series, created by teachers and writers, provides a complete and thoughtful analysis of several of the most valuable works of world literature. Intended as a starting point for a better understanding and appreciation of literature, each analysis also imparts information about the author, social and historical background information, structure and traditions of literary genres, facts about characters, and a bibliography to encourage further intellectual exploration. Esta coleccion es una herramienta indispensable para el estudio y analisis de obras clasicas de la literatura...

This work is premised on the assumption that the time that has transpired since the original exodus after the Cuban Revolution has been sufficient to establish a definable Cuban American literature. This volume, which includes 29 authors writing in Spanish who have lived in the United States since at least 1970, is wide ranging in its aspirations and provides samples of the two fundamental components of Cuban American literature.