De Oriente a Occidente en busca de la conciencia

Edición de la relación del s. XVI de Joan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti Yamqui, de un gran valor etnológico, histórico y lingüístico al demostrar para fecha tan temprana la existencia de una realidad indígena hispanizada.

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...

This analysis shows that Reinaldo Arenas' work is one of exile and alienation. Arenas, as a human being as well as an author, suffered all forms of exile, and these influence the structure of his work. In his literary work, as well as in his life, all the definitions of exile given by sociology are present; that of inner exile, to which Arenas added a new characteristic, and that of territorial exile as well. His work represents the vision of the marginated, imprisoned, persecuted, rejected. The purpose of his novels and poetry is to reveal, from a historical reconstruction, the explanation...

UN PASEO POR LOS LUGARES FUNDAMENTALES QUE OCUPA EL HUMOR EN LA CULTURA OCCIDENTAL, CON EL GUÍA MÁS AUTORIZADO (Y GRACIOSO). ¿Por qué nos reímos? ¿Qué ganamos con tanta carcajada? ¿Es el humor un agente subversivo o un remedio para las tensiones? ¿Cómo definir el ingenio? Escrito por un reconocido maestro de la comedia, este libro es una muestra perfecta de la naturaleza del humor y de sus funciones. Armado de agudas ocurrencias y un buen puñado de excelentes chistes, examina con mirada crítica las principales teorías del humor, como la idea de que este brota de la incongruencia...