Nosotros, los cubanos

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...

La dilatada y fructífera experiencia como uno de los investigadores más destacados de las letras norteamericanas en nuestro país permite a Félix Martín examinar los supuestos que invitan hoy a recuperar el protagonismo de la historia literaria de los Estados Unidos en las aulas. Entraña este proyecto una revisión de los aspectos fundamentales para entender esta historia: la periodización, los géneros, el canon y la función de la teoría crítica. Con este objetivo se destacan las dos orientaciones, inseparables y complementarias, que guían su desarrollo: una crítica y otra...

Este estudio sobre la poesía cubofuturista de "Poemes en ondes hertzianes" (1919) de Joan Salvat-Papasseit dilucida el sentido intencional de los poemas más herméticos del poeta catalán. De la intuición clara y distinta del sentido de los textos se extrae una valoración humanista del cubofuturismo lírico de Salvat y de la visión pneumo-materialista que lo alienta. Se reivindica de esta manera la seriedad, elevación y sofisticación imaginativa de la poesía inaugural de Joan Salvat-Papasseit.

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...