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En el Siglo de Oro, una época marcada por la omnipresencia de la locura (de los reyes locos a sus bufones, de los internos de manicomios a los locos de la baraja del tarot), Belén Atienza ha descubierto que el fascinante y complejísimo debate en torno a la enfermedad mental estaba íntimamente ligado a cuestiones políticas y teológicas. Este ensayo, radicalmente innovador, es el primero dedicado a la locura y la melancolía en el teatro de Lope de Vega. Conocedor de la medicina de su tiempo, los manicomios y las “locuras” de reyes y validos, Lope dramatiza la tragedia de los enfermos ...

Following studies by Goodman, Waley, and Darst, this new study of Garcilaso's work rejects as unfounded the traditional readings of Garcilaso's poetry based on the idea of sincerity and the poet's frustrated love for the Portuguese lady-in-waiting Isabel Freire. In place of the much-abused concept of sincerity, Heiple argues that the intellectual currents of the Renaissance are much more important for the analysis of Garcilaso's poetry. He analyzes in Garcilaso's poetry the uses of Renaissance concepts of mythology, poetic style, theories of love, primitivism, and iconological traditions....

Excerpt from Obras Completas del Doctor D. Manuel Mila y Fontanals, Catedratico Que Fue de Literatura en la Universidad de Barcelona, Vol. 4: Opusculos Literarios Viaje por la Rusia meridional y la Crimea, etc., por el principe Demidoff, traducido por D. J uan Cortada. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing...

There is a ghost in the girls' bathroom at school! It's the coolest thing that has ever happened there until the teachers find out. Will Ivy and Bean find a way to get the ghost out of the bathroom? Don't put anything past these two friends.