Guardias civiles, bandoleros, gitanos, guerrilleros, contrabandistas, carabineros y turistas en la literatura inglesa contemporánea (1844-1994)

Renglones de otro mundo congrega trece estudios sobre representaciones de los movimientos ocultistas y el diálogo con el más allá en las letras españolas. Desde el Medievo las tradiciones que postulan saberes arcanos que permiten comunicarse con los muertos y subvertir las leyes naturales irían encadenando avatares, cada vez más arrinconados en los márgenes de la sociedad y sospechosos de superstición o superchería, sin perder por ello su capacidad de fascinación. Los almanaques astrológicos, el conde Cagliostro, la magia, el espiritismo, el mesmerismo y otros conceptos ocultistas, ...

Fray Luis de Len (1527-91) is known chiefly as the author of some of the finest poetry of the Spanish Golden Age, but he also wrote important prose works in both Latin and Spanish, and produced eloquent translations into Spanish of biblical and classical texts. He spent five years imprisoned in solitary confinement by the Spanish Inquisition, fighting to clear himself of a series of accusations against his views on the Bible. Acquitted on all counts, he returned to teach at the University of Salamanca. This book examines the controversies in which Fray Luis was caught up, and investigates the ...

This book offers the first critical analysis of the study of narrative literature written by women from the Dominican Republic during the past fifteen years. Beginning by tracing the history of Dominican women writers from the nineteenth century to the present, the study then moves on to an analysis of the construction of space and identity in the works of these authors. Opening the door to researching this new generation of Dominican women novelists, this work makes significant contributions to the fields of Caribbean and women's studies. It is also available in Spanish.

Todo empezó con un viejo baúl de marinero y el mapa de un misterioso tesoro... Jim, el joven protagonista, decide lanzarse a la aventura embarcándose en la goleta la Hispaniola, en busca de una isla misteriosa... Con divertidas ilustraciones a color y juegos tipográficos ¡al más puro estilo Stilton!