Crónicas hispanas del Siglo XIII.

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...

Este volumen recoge diez propuestas de estudio presentadas en Palma de Mallorca con motivo de las jornadas celebradas durante los días 2, 3 y 4 de abril de 2012 sobre Écfrasis e imitación artística en la poesía hispánica contemporánea. Coordinados por Francisco Díaz de Castro y Almudena del Olmo Iturriarte, profesores ambos de la Universidad de las Islas Baleares, colaboran en él especialistas en poesía hispánica contemporánea –española, catalana y latinoamericana– tratando de afianzar la noción de interculturalidad relacionada con la interartisticidad. Tanto los...

Ines is a nine-year-old girl who spends the afternoons with her neighbor Lupe, an elderly woman with a vivid imagination. Lupe asks Ines to write letters to son Lucas, however, reality and fantasy seem to blend in Lupe's mind, as if some mice were gnawing at her memories.

Maria de Zayas utilizes the theme of the supernatural in her novels to portray an upsidedown world where men are the ones who ally themselves to the devil to seduce women and dishonor them. This work will be of special interest to those interested in the study of women literature starting with the Middle Ages to our modern times.