Crónicas hispanas del Siglo XIII.

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...

Este volumen propone una aproximación plural a los conceptos de centro y periferia en aspectos literarios e histórico-culturales en el marco general de las relaciones hispano-austríacas. El análisis, siguiendo los parámetros citados, resulta novedoso, ya que el objeto de estudio se aborda desde diferentes campos de investigación, permitiendo, por tanto, propuestas interdisciplinares. Predominan los estudios concretos de tipo contrastivo y temático, propios de la literatura comparada, pero se tratan también otros aspectos más generales, tanto literarios como histórico-culturales.

Este libro explora la representación de la mujer moderna en los escritos de Federica Montseny (1905-1994), prominente líder anarquista española en las décadas de 1920 y 1930. This book explores the figure of the modern woman in the writings of Federica Montseny (1905-1994), a prominent Spanish anarchist leader during the 1920s and 1930s.

This edition comprises selected examples of the Cuban writer Ofelia Rodriguez Acosta' s prose, including her best known novel and samples of her short stories, essays and journalism works. These texts range from raw realism to lyrical exaltation; from the direct portayal of the historical moment to the meticulous insight of the human psyche. Her peculiar naturalism bloomed under the influence of the philosophical currents of her times, encompassing echoes of Positivism, but after a passionate discussion against Existentialism her writing steerer towards the Latin American avant-garde...