Una posición ante la vida

Many of the fundamental concerns of Chicano and Mexican letters are dealt with by Leal, such as the meaning and origin of the myth of Aztlan, the problem of distinguishing Chicano literature from American and Mexican literature, the consideration of the influence of the Mexican Revolution novel on Chicano narrative, the description of the feminine archetypes of the Mexican Revolution novel on Chicano narrative, and a review of the North American as depicted in Mexican literature.

This volume of collected essays explores the premise that Plutarch's work, notwithstanding its amazing thematic multifariousness, constantly pivots on certain ideological pillars which secure its unity and coherence. So, unlike other similar books which, more or less, concentrate on either the Lives or the Moralia or on some particular aspect(s) of Plutarch's oeuvre, the articles of the present volume observe Plutarch at work in both Lives and Moralia, thus bringing forward and illustrating the inner unity of his varied literary production. The subject-matter of the volume is uncommonly...

Originally published in 1984. William Faulkner is the most studied American author of our time. This volume presents a collection of some of the best critical essays on William Faulkner’s ninth novel Absalom, Absalom!. Numerous approaches are represented; among them are theme studies, close readings, psychological studies, source studies, structural studies, and analyses of style and narrative technique.

"En el turbio y exaltante Berlín de la Guerra Fría, tres jóvenes latinoamericanos comparten su formación política, intelectual y sentimental. Son años de insurgencia y desmesura, de ideales colectivos y de lucha que dejó cicatrices visibles aún hoy. A pesar de la globalización de la revuelta del 68, los europeos ven a Latinoamérica como un subcontinente que sólo cuando se arrodilla ante Marx es digno de figurar en la historia. El mal encarna una y otra vez en forma de cautiverio, tortura, dictaduras, y la aspiración revolucionaria se frustra una y otra vez por los dogmatismos de...