Pioneras, escritoras y creadoras del siglo XX

Nuestra antología podría acogerse al tipo denominado Extravagante, en el sentido literal del término, puesto que las autoras que figuran en ella (Ada Negri, Elsa Morante, Dacia Maraini, Armanda Guiducci, Lalla Romano) no siguen ni un orden cronológico, ni generacional y sus compiladores también son heterogéneos por procedencia y formación (Giuliana Antonella Giacobbe, de la Universidad de Oviedo, Caterina Duraccio de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Eva María Moreno Lago, de la Universidad de Sevilla, Marina Bettaglio, de la Universidad de Victoria, Canadá y Daniel Raffini, de la...

Antonio Perez, the brilliant but erratic secretary to Philip II of Spain, became in the years of his exile a political agent in the service of the Earl of Essex, arriving at the Court of Queen Elizabeth in 1593. On behalf of Essex, who valued him as a friend, a partner and a humanist scholar, he cast an intelligence network over Italy; and he made a striking, though dangerous, contribution to the Essex cult.

Colección de ponencias y artículos presentados en el marco del encuentro en torno a la figura de Frasquita Larrea y Aherán, encuentro que representó la oportunidad de profundizar en los estudios de género en España en una etapa histórica marcada por la transición de la Edad Moderna a la Edad Contemporánea.

What would you do if you found out you only had months to live? In Jenny Downham's debut novel, Tessa must grapple with this situation. This book will make all readers reflect upon the true value of things.

Absalom, Absalom! has long been seen as one of William Faulkner's supreme creations, as well as one of the leading American novels of the twentieth century. In this collection Fred Hobson has brought together eight of the most stimulating essays on Absalom, essays written over a thirty-year span which approach the novel both formally and historically. Here are critical responses by Cleanth Brooks, John Irwin, Thadious Davis, and Eric Sundquist, as well as four essays published in the last decade. The casebook concludes with Faulkner's own remarks on the novel, delivered in a discussion with...