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How Far is America From Here? approaches American nations and cultures from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. It is very much at the heart of this comparative agenda that “America” be considered as a hemispheric and global matter. It discusses American identities relationally, whether the relations under discussion operate within the borders of the United States, throughout the Americas, and/or worldwide. The various articles here gathered interrogate the very notion of “America”: which, whose America, when, why now, how? What is meant by “far”—distance,...

"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.

Clásico libro de ensayos de una de las figuras más importantes del medio intelectual mexicano, Gabriel Zaid. Hay que ver la poesía en la práctica: en el mundo del trabajo y los negocios, del prestigio social y el poder político, de la ingeniería y las computadoras, de la vida amorosa y cotidiana. La inspiración creadora no sólo hace versos: sopla y lo mueve todo. En ese movimiento, la práctica no es algo estrecho, mecánico y sin misterio, sino creación; y la poesía es práctica: hace más habitable el mundo. La argumentación rigurosa y elegante de Zaid hace ver la naturaleza del...

This book, conceived as a tribute to Prof. Antonio Ramírez de Verger on the occasion of his retirement, contains a brief outline of his academic career, a complete list of his publications and a wide selection of his articles, reviews and book chapters published over four decades. These writings examine a variety of authors, such as Fronto, Corippus, Maximianus, Tibullus, Horace, Virgil, Tacitus, Catullus, Propertius, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Ovid and Martial, and they also include contributions on various philological topics. El libro, concebido como homenaje al Prof. Ramírez de Verger...