Lo real y lo imaginario. Ensayos literarios

Since the recent republication of her novel The Squatter and the Don, María Amparo Ruiz de Burton (1832-95) has become a key figure in the recovery of nineteenth-century Mexican American literature. An aristocratic Californiana, she championed the rights of Mexican Americans in novels, plays, and letters. Her 1885 novel called attention to the illegal appropriation of Mexican land by the United States government, and she critiqued the political mores of America after the Civil War in light of the Mexican-American war. Her keen assessment of corporate capitalism at the end of the nineteenth...

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.

If the flame on your dragon went out, would you know what to do? Luckily, the answer can be found right in this book! It's ideal for reading aloud since it combines a mixture of script and print writing.

Los nuevos medios audiovisuales (videoclips, apps, internet, etc.) son parte fundamental de nuestra forma de entender la narrativa en el mundo actual. En este ensayo se explora cómo estos influyen a la literatura, a partir de un estudio de caso de la novela Trainspotting; misma que resulta un ejemplo paradigmático donde los medios distintos al literario pesan sobre la forma de escribir la narrativa contemporanea. (¡Advertencia! Este ensayo incluye varias citas en inglés, por lo que el conocimiento del idioma es recomendable para poderle dar seguimiento).