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R.S.Thomasby Christopher Morgan
Manchester University Press 2003; US$ 74.95Christopher Morgan writes with critical insight on the poet R.S. Thomas. This text recontextualizes and reinterprets the poet's themes of self, nature and the search for deity and investigates Thomas's preoccupation with the philosophical and practical implications of science and technology. more...
Covert Gesturesby Vincent Barletta
University of Minnesota Press 2005; US$ 60.00Covert Gestures reveals how the traditional Islamic narratives of the moriscos both shaped and encoded a wide range of covert social activity characterized by a profound and persistent concern with time and temporality. Using a unique blend of literary analysis, linguistic anthropology, and phenomenological philosophy, Vincent Barletta explores the narratives as testimonials of past human experiences and discovers in them evidence of community resistance. more...
Science, Literature, and Film in the Hispanic Worldby Jerry Hoeg; Kevin S. Larsen
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 85.00Driven by such diverse advances as the Human Genome Project and the explosion of the World Wide Web, and also by the threat of human-inspired disasters such as global warming, the field of science and literature studies is currently undergoing an unprecedented expansion. The relations between science and literature have been and continue to be central to understanding Hispanic civilization and culture. In spite of this, "Science, Literature, and Film in the Spanish-Speaking World" is the first and only book to treat this new and dynamic field from an Hispanic perspective. This unique volume opens the door to an entirely new focus in the study of Hispanic literature and culture. more...
Mirrors and Echoesby Emilie L. Bergmann; Richard Herr
University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton 2003; US$ 15.95Throughout Spain's tumultuous twentieth century, women writers produced a variety of novels, popular theater, and poetry. This multilingual collection of essays by both scholars and creative artists explores the diversity of Spanish women's writing, celebrated and forgotten. The contributors include: Nicole Altamirano, Alda Blanco, and Jo Labanyi. more...
La voz de los dramaturgosby Susanne Hartwig; Klaus Pörtl
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2009; US$ 70.00Selected present-day dramatists from Spain and Latin-America speak about their theatre and its present situation. The perspective is that of the authors, not of literary or drama critics. The result is a series of surprising thoughts and analyses which do not feature in the usual specialist discussions. more...
Wisdom and Her Lovers in Medieval and Early Modern Hispanic Literatureby E. Francomano
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 85.00This book explores how Medieval and Early Modern writers reconstructed, and also how readers read, the contradictory meanings of Lady Wisdom more...
Spanish Women's Writing 1849-1996by Catherine Davies
Continuum International Publishing 2000; US$ 170.00Traces the tradition of Spanish women's writing from the end of the Romantic period until the present day. Professor Davies places the major authors within the changing political, cultural and economic context of women's lives over the past century-and-a-half -- with particular attention to women's accounts of female subjectivity in relation to the Spanish nation-state, government politics, and the women's liberation movement. more...
The Hispanic Connectionby Zenia S. Dasilva
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 147.00DaSilva draws together key essays dealing with the span of Spanish and Latin American arts, ranging from literature, music, film, and ballet to painting. Scholars and researchers involved with the scope of Spanish and Spanish American arts will find this collection of particular value. The selections center on basic themes including the icons of Spain, the use of characters from classic Spanish literature in performing and visual arts, romantic and modern Spanish writers and their influences, and the fusion of Mexican and Spanish culture.||The selections center on ten basic themes: The early icons of Spain; the uses of Don Quixote from operas to painting; Don Juan is given a similar treatment, with theater, film, and ballet in addition to literature... more...
Spanish Dramatists of the Golden Ageby Mary Parker
ABC-CLIO 1998; US$ 182.00The Golden Age of Spanish drama extends from the close of the 15th century to the death of Calderón in 1681. During that time, the humanists, as dramatists, followed Italy's artistic awakening direction, and imitated Classical drama. With originality and dreams of greatness, they subverted the nature of tragedy; modified the approach of Comedy and invented the New Play, the Comedia Nueva. In it the poet-dramatists introduced important modificaitons of realism, included imagined reality, Christian symbolism and theatricality, as artistic truth. They elaborate all kinds of syntheses. For this reason, the Spanish Golden Age theater can be viewed as part of a tradition that includes the Greco-Roman comedy and tragedy, Christian tragedy,... more...
The Literature of Spain and Latin Americaby Britannica Educational Publishing; J.E. Luebering
Britannica Educational Publishing 2010; US$ 45.00Weaving together imagination and social commentary, the literature of a nation is often the most effective way to understand the ethos of its people at any given time. The written word offers a sharpened lens through which readers can perceive the world they inhabit, so as to better comprehend personal or universal truths. This captivating series presents major authors, poets, and texts from the world over, immersing students in the life stories of authors that are often as engaging as the narratives these writers have crafted. Discussions on significant literary movements place the works in social context and reveal the Zeitgeist of each era. more...