Mary Murnó y el Fantasmario

"The first major study on the works of the Mexican novelist, âAngeles Mastretta, demonstrating the rich complexity and range of the author's fiction and essays"--Provided by publisher.

This study examines the cardinal points of Goytisolo's work, the tetralogy Antagonia, and explores his experimentation with multiple techniques. Following a postmodernist/poststructuralist approach, it focuses upon the metaphorical meaning of the labyrinthine structure. The book analyzes the therapeutic qualities that the narrators/protagonists find in their experiences as writers, and also the roles played by various readers, be these real or fictitious. It also examines Goytisolo's deft articulation of straightforward exposition with parody and his criticism of Catalan society.

La estancia del señor Mici, un auténtico gato de siete vidas, en la casa de la familia Alpergier estará llena de aventuras y desventuras, alegrías y tristezas que desembocarán en una lección indiscutible para los personajes de esta historia: lo único de auténtico valor que poseen las personas es su vida y la posibilidad de compartirla con quienes aman.

Propuestas para (re)construir una nación explores how Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921) imagines and engenders the Spanish nation in her theatrical production staged and/or published between 1898 and 1909. In the aftermath of Spain’s colonial losses, when Spain’s male authors, in a growing mood of collective introspection, directed their attention to the homeland, Pardo Bazán generated a series of theatrical proposals to revitalize the nation. In her plays, she manifests her ideas about Spain’s fin de siècle crisis, reflects on Spain’s place in the international arena (emphasizing...