Alienación y redención en Divinas palabras

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...

This critical edition of the novel Sab (published in 1840 in Madrid) is based on the Cuban printing of the 1970s. It is of particular interest not only because of its aesthetic qualities but also because it addresses issues of interest both for the period in which it was written and contemporary audiences. Among these topics are slavery, basic rights of the individual in society, nationalism, and women's issues.

El coronel Lucio Victorio Mansilla residía en la Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto (provincia de Córdoba) cuando entre 30 de marzo y el 17 de abril de 1870 realizó, con un pequeño grupo de hombres, el viaje hacia el sur con el que pretendía confirmar en las propias tolderías de los ranqueles el pacto que entre estos y el gobierno argentino él mismo había impulsado, para poner fin a las violentas incursiones de los indios que asolaban los territorios próximos a la frontera. El diario La Tribuna de Buenos Aires publicó el relato de aquella aventura, en entregas que simulaban ser ...

Fernan Gonzalez lived from about AD 910 to 970. The popular image of him is of a fearsome warrior who gave his people protection from their enemies (both Muslim and Christian), and a wise and respected lord who enabled them to live in security and harmony. He was generally accepted to have played a strategic role in achieving independence for Castile and freeing it from dominance by the kingdom of Leon. The Poema de Fernan Gonzalez was composed (by an unknown author) in the mid-thirteenth century as an enduring celebration of his triumphs and account of his life and deeds. Fact and legend...