Una raíz para Gustavo

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Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

La "Patria Nueva" de Augusto B. Leguia (1919-1930) sigue siendo el gobierno de mayor duracion en la historia republicana peruana. Tambien conocido como el "Oncenio", el periodo constituye un momento clave en el siglo XX. Sin embargo, aunque historiadores y publico en general asi lo reconoce, es poco lo que sabemos sobre aquella coyuntura. Y, peor aun, lo poco que conocemos responde, en gran medida, a la "leyenda negra" que comenzo a formarse tras su derrumbe en 1930, sino antes. A traves de estudios especificos - mas que desde la gran interpretacion - y movilizando diversas metodologias y...

Toda sociedad necesita su memoria colectiva. La de los cántabros se basaba hasta ahora en los estudios de González Echegaray, realizados en los años 60 del pasado siglo sobre textos de autores latinos clásicos. Este libro supone una necesaria actualización crítica, fundamentada en los nuevos conocimientos científicos existentes y enriquecida por las aportaciones de equipos pluridisciplinares. Abarca desde la época prerromana hasta el inicio de la Edad Media.