Goya

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...

El autor de estos tratados ilumina el prodigioso infierno de la obra cervantina, un infierno donde el diablo y sus secuaces toman formas a veces esperadas pero casi siempre impredecibles. La posesión demoniaca, el ritual del exorcismo, lo objetos fáusticos, la satanización de las minorías y los vericuetos del bestiario diabólico son sólo algunos de los temas que comprende este viaje al corazón de las tinieblas literarias. Afincado en los rigores de la más pura tradición cervantina, este libro es, sin embargo, una sucesión de asombros, una prueba más de cuánto tienen todavía por...

Aquest volum reuneix importants contribucions crítiques d’especialistes que analitzen, contextualitzades, les aportacions més significatives de Germà Colón, mestre de la filologia valenciana, a la filologia romànica. Es pot apreciar i comprendre la immensa tasca de l’il•lustre filòleg en diversos camps, la importància dels seus estudis en l’etimologia catalana i castellana, la seua faceta com a romanista i com a editor de textos, el seu treball com a lexicògraf en les dues llengües, els seus coneixements dialectològics, la col•laboració amb el món cultural valencià,...

Annotation Between 1605 and 1621, Quevedo wrote a sequence of five "Dreams" or "Visions" "(Suenos y discursos), in each of which he hilariously envisions Spanish society as populated by people rightfully condemned to Hell. These astonishingly witty and irreverent satires of contemporary Spanish culture, morality, prejudice and religious fanaticism, were composed in a style as allusive, elliptical and equivocal as to successfully entertain both those who barely understood their full range and import, and others who celebrated the poet's rebellious insinuations. Censorship prohibited the...