Atlas Disney

Juana Borrero (1877 - 1896) - Modernist poet, born in Puentes Grandes, Havana, Cuba. She also excelled in painting. As a poet, she was considered a precocious girl. Her father, Esteban Borrero, was a short stories writer of and a poet; and her sister, Dulce Maria Borrero, excelled at poetry and prose. Therefore, Juana grew up in an artistic and literary atmosphere, amid literary circles and gatherings attended by other writers like Carlos Pio and Federico Uhrbach, as well as Julian del Casal. While still very young, Juana took painting classes, first with Dolores Desvernine, and later on, in...

Esta nueva colección nace con el afán de acercar a un público no especialista las obras fundamentales de la literatura española, desde los orígenes de nuestras letras hasta finales del siglo XX. A diferencia de lo que ocurre en otras grandes culturas europeas con su patrimonio literario, nuestros clásicos constituyen unn territorio mal conocido por el público español. Una de las razones de este fenómeno tiene que ver con la presentación que suelen adoptar las ediciones de las obras: el texto -que es lo que verdaderamente interesa a la mayoría de lectores- aparece acompañado en las ...

Con prólogo de la famosa hispanista Lily Litvak y la participación de especialistas como Antonio Cruz Casado, Claire-Nicole Robin o Manuel Galeote, este volumen aporta nuevos estudios sobre escritores andaluces de principios del siglo XX.

This edited volume explores the ways in which Miguel de Cervantes adopted humanist positions, whether he submitted these to critical examination or made them the target of his satires. It tries to determine how familiar Cervantes was with the contemporary developments of humanism in different European countries, and if references to particular humanist thinkers can be identified in his work. The contributions gathered in this volume, all from acknowledged Cervantes experts, tackle among others the following questions: How does Cervantes analyse the humanist connexion between science and...