Hombres fatales

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...

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...

Miguel Hernández Gilabert (Orihuela, 1910-Alicante, 1942), catador de luces, gozador de colores, amador de la tierra, indagador del cielo, ansioso de saberes, proyectado hacia el infinito de la hombría”, solidario, en comunión con los hombres más humildes, cantó mucho y estremecidamente, para morir... “como los pájaros: cantando”. Su obra, tan plural, exige un tratamiento sistemático y atento como el que le dedica Marie Chevallier. El estudio sincrónico de las formas de su poesía permite descubrir la correspondencia entre la escritura y la apariencia viva de la obra, e ilumina...

La divine comedie de Dante Alighieri: traduction nouvelle, accompagnee de notes et precedee d'un resume historique et litteraire sur les temps anterieurs au poeme, et d'une notice sur Dante et sur ses ecrits. Tome 1 / par M. Victor de Saint-MaurisDate de l'edition originale: 1853Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l'opportunite d'acceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des...