La novela histórica latinoamericana entre dos siglos

Cartografías cosmopolitas: León de Greiff y la tradición literaria analyzes the poetic works of this twentieth-century Colombian writer as a manifestation of cosmopolitanism, global cultural cartographies, and a self-fashioned poetic genealogy. Ramírez Rojas approaches de Greiff’s poems as cultural maps that reveal both a desire of connectivity with the world and a need for reorganizing the imaginary library of world literature. From a self-assumed position of eccentricity, de Greiff builds a network of global connections and disputes the binary division of cultural centers and...

Mucho antes de que existieran talleres y cursos de escritura creativa, los aspirantes a escritores aprendían a escribir leyendo a sus predecesores y a sus contemporáneos. Ésta es la propuesta en la que profundiza la novelista y profesora de literatura Francine Prose: volver a emplear la lectura atenta y consciente de los grandes escritores para descubrir sus magistrales mecanismos literarios como técnica de aprendizaje para el escritor en ciernes; en definitiva, aprender a leer como lo hace un escritor. Prose nos invita así a un viaje guiado que desentraña muchas de las herramientas y...

Izzy is always shuffling, jiggling, squirming and twitching. She just can't keep still! So when Izzy's school go on a trip to the zoo, her teacher warns her to behave. She must never wriggle, she must never fidget and she must certainly NEVER TICKLE A TIGER! But does Izzy listen? She does NOT - and what happens next throws the zoo into complete chaos. With eye-catching illustrations by the internationally acclaimed bestselling illustrator, Marc Boutavant, Never Tickle a Tiger will amaze and delight children and parents alike! It includes a spectacular double gatefold for the grand chaotic...

Offers detailed analyses and reconstructions of Picon's eight novels. Of special significance to modern readers are his conceptions of Spanish history and character, patriotism, and women and sex -- conceptions that for their day may be considered advanced.