La silva curiosa de Julián de Medrano

Translated from the Latin. The original Latin versions were published in 1997 under the title: Chronica Hispana saeculi XIII (Corpus Christianorum. Continuatio Mediaevalis; 73).

This volume contains an examination of what are described as the most poetic examples of Chilean prose written in the 20th century. By adopting Ralph Freedman's conceptual definition of lyrical narrative and using it as her point of departure, Professor Kostopolos-Cooperman argues that the protean and magical nature of Bombal's lyrical prose transcends the causal, temporal and spatial movement that characterizes conventional fiction. In her view, Bombal's work is rather a narrative that arises in the poetic imagination of a narrator who creates a tapestry of expanding musical and pictorial...

Lo que ante todo me propongo es compartir una lectura actual del ya centenario Martín Fierro, una lectura conforme a vigentes concepciones de la naturaleza y función de la lengua literaria. Pretendo mostrar cómo se presenta hoy el poema de José Hernández a lectores entrenados en la lectura de ficciones. Luego, y en reconocimiento de la relatividad de esta lectura pretensamente fiel al texto, refiero a la acogida que él tuvo en Argentina durante sus primeros cincuenta años.

This volume is a tribute to Miguel Mendez, one of the most important figures of Chicano letters. Miguel Mendez in Aztlan includes critical essays on Mendez's fiction, works by Miguel Mendez (including a never-before-published short story), personal photographs, an interview, and an extensive bibliography.