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ACVF Editorial presenta La novela en el siglo XX (desde 1939), octavo volumen de los estudios históricos de literatura española.Juan Ignacio Ferreras, gran novelista él mismo y reconocido especialista de historia de la novela española, nos presenta en este libro la producción novelística de casi medio siglo. Sin olvidar a los escritores exiliados, como Max Aub, Arturo Barea, Francisco Ayala o Ramón J. Sender, el autor divide el periodo comprendido entre 1939 y 1988 en dos tendencias bien diferenciadas: la primera abarca las novelas de la posguerra, y la segunda, las obras creadas a la...

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...

Fernan Gonzalez lived from about AD 910 to 970. The popular image of him is of a fearsome warrior who gave his people protection from their enemies (both Muslim and Christian), and a wise and respected lord who enabled them to live in security and harmony. He was generally accepted to have played a strategic role in achieving independence for Castile and freeing it from dominance by the kingdom of Leon. The Poema de Fernan Gonzalez was composed (by an unknown author) in the mid-thirteenth century as an enduring celebration of his triumphs and account of his life and deeds. Fact and legend...

Tercero de los tres libros que recogen la obra miscelánea e inédita del maestro Borges. «Hacia 1957 reconocí con justificada melancolía que estaba quedándome ciego. La revelación fue piadosamente gradual. No hubo un instante inexorable en el tiempo, un eclipse brusco. Pude repetir y sentir de manera nueva las lacónicas palabras de Goethe sobre el atardecer de cada día: Alles nahe werde fern (Todo lo cercano se aleja). Sin prisa pero sin pausa -¡otra cita goetheana!- me abandonaban las formas y los colores del querido mundo visible. Perdí para siempre el negro y el rojo, que se...