El tercer latido

This book is written in Spanish. This book is a study of the intellectual and cultural atmosphere surrounding the Spanish author don Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645) during his stay at the Courts of Palermo and Naples (1613-1619) in the service of the Viceroy Duke of Osuna. Attention is paid particularly to his early knowledge of the works of the poet Marino, his role as protector of the Arts, and as intercessor on behalf of the philosopher Campanella. The second part of the book offers a detailed analysis of the author's writings during his Italian and post-Italian years as a result of his...

Language-as signifier and signified-serves as the focus of Diz's book on the Conde Lucanor. This is, indeed, an intelligent reading of the Conde Lucanor which will have considerable impact on Juan Manuel criticism and fourteenth-century studies.

Hombres de acción: conquistadores de imperios, exploradores de tierras incógnitas, viajeros de la frontera, revolucionarios, estadistas que transforman sociedades, fundadores de religiones, delincuentes, seductores de leyenda... Dejando al margen juicios morales y santurronerías hipócritas, todos ellos despiertan esa admiración y esa envidia que nacen de la reverencia, secreta o declarada, que rinde la especie humana a la fuerza de voluntad, a la capacidad de imponerse sobre el mundo que nos rodea y moldearlo a nuestro capricho. Cerrado el libro que cuenta las hazañas del gran hombre o...

An index for the twenty-three issues of Hora de Espana, a literary journal that circulated in Spain between January 1937 and October 1938. It is composed of two main parts: the Introduction contains historical notes about the journal, its founders and topics; and the Index is an alphabetical listing of the authors who wrote for the journal.