Susan Glaspell y los Provincetown Players

The book, unique in its kind, includes a total of 28 writers representative of 13 different Latin American countries, from those who are part of the canon such as Isabel Allende, Gioconda Belli, Liliana Heker, Nancy Morejon, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, Alfonsina Storni, Gabriela Mistral, and Julia de Burgos to emergent voices, such as Cecilia Bustamante, Rosina Valcarcel, and Gladys Ilarregui. This anthology will be the perfect text to give an overview of contemporary poetry and short story by leading Latin American women writers. The range of countries...

Aquest estudi es proposa recuperar la sàtira de la tradicional postergació a què s'ha vist sotmesa en els últims temps. En contrast amb les tendències crítiques que han proclamat la decadència del satíric dins de la narrativa contemporània, es pot afirmar que la sàtira ha experimentat un ressorgiment, ja que és més que mai una manera inestable, híbrida i alliberada d'anyenques prescripcions teòriques. A fi de demostrar aquest plantejament, aquest estudi enfoca la qüestió des d'una perspectiva comparatista que aborda l'anàlisi del rellevant paper exercit pel satíric en...

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...

If the flame on your dragon went out, would you know what to do? Luckily, the answer can be found right in this book! It's ideal for reading aloud since it combines a mixture of script and print writing.