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Who writes "I"? How is the scene of writing represented in autobiographical texts? To whom are autobiographies addressed? What kinds of readers are inscribed in autobiographical narratives? In Apology to Apostrophe, James D. Fernandez offers a lucid and powerful meditation on the nature of autobiographical writing through his investigation of the historical conditions and literary stagings of autobiographical writing in Spain. As Fernandez demonstrates, recent developments in critical theory provide new and fruitful approaches to autobiographical works that have long been neglected,...

Primera traducción de esta obra al español La influencia de los samuráis y de su código de Bushido en las costumbres y en la ética japonesas es incalculable. Estos "caballeros guerreros" surgieron en el siglo XII y tuvieron su auge durante los 700 años que duró la época feudal del sogunado, quedando sus pautas de conducta tan arraigadas en la sociedad japonesa que llegaron a conformar el espíritu nacional del Japón. El código del samuray data del siglo XVI y constituye un tratado único sobre las leyes y preceptos internos de estos aristócratas guerreros. Este código cubre todos...

La autora examina cómo el conflicto político ha permeado la actual narrativa venezolana para trazar los orígenes y consecuencias de una contemporaneidad turbulenta. Explores the intersections of cultural policies, social changes, political conflict, and fiction writing in modern-day Venezuela.

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...