Transparent Simulacra

Author	: Robert C. Spires
Publisher	: University of Missouri Press
Release Date	: 1988
ISBN 10	: 0826206956
Pages	: 204 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (69 users)

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Download or read book Transparent Simulacra written by Robert C. Spires and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of basic textual strategies in Spanish fiction from 1902 to 1926 is the focus of this study. Challenging traditional views of the relationships between the literature produced by the Generation of 1898 and the Spanish vanguard movement, Spires traces through analyses of select works a process of evolution beginning at the turn of the century and continuing into the 1920s. Spires demonstrates how the somewhat tentative strategies of the first decade became more daring in the second. As opposed to the extant historical, autobiographical, and thematic surveys of this period, Transparent Simulacra features structuralist and post-structuralist readings of fiction by Baroja, Azorín, Unamuno, Pérez de Ayala, Gómez de Serna, Jarnés, and Salinas. These approaches offer not only revisionist views of a literary period but also revisionist readings of some of Spain's best-known fiction.

Tyrant Banderas

Author	: Ramon del Valle-Inclan
Publisher	: New York Review of Books
Release Date	: 2012-08-14
ISBN 10	: 9781590175163
Pages	: 224 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (91 users)

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Download or read book Tyrant Banderas written by Ramon del Valle-Inclan and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An NYRB Classics Original The first great twentieth-century novel of dictatorship, and the avowed inspiration for García Márquez’s The Autumn of the Patriarch and Roa Bastos’s I, the Supreme, Tyrant Banderas is a dark and dazzling portrayal of a mythical Latin American republic in the grip of a monster. Ramón del Valle-Inclán, one of the masters of Spanish modernism, combines the splintered points of view of a cubist painting with the campy excesses of 19th-century serial fiction to paint an astonishing picture of a ruthless tyrant facing armed revolt. It is the Day of the Dead, and revolution has broken out, creating mayhem from Baby Roach’s Cathouse to the Harris Circus to the deep jungle of Tico Maipú. Tyrant Banderas steps forth, assuring all that he is in favor of freedom of assembly and democratic opposition. Mean­while, his secret police lock up, torture, and execute students and Indian peasants in a sinister castle by the sea where even the sharks have tired of a diet of revolutionary flesh. Then the opposition strikes back. They besiege the dictator’s citadel, hoping to bring justice to a downtrodden, starving populace. Peter Bush’s new translation of Valle-Inclán’s seminal novel, the first into English since 1929, reveals a writer whose tragic sense of humor is as memorably grotesque and disturbing as Goya’s in his The Disasters of War.

Time and History in Valle Incl n s Historical Novels and Tirano Banderas

Author	: Peggy Lynne Tucker
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1980
ISBN 10	: UOM:39015008821624
Pages	: 208 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (91 users)

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Download or read book Time and History in Valle Incl n s Historical Novels and Tirano Banderas written by Peggy Lynne Tucker and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Imperialism and the Wider Atlantic

Author	: Tania Gentic
Publisher	: Springer
Release Date	: 2017-10-28
ISBN 10	: 9783319582085
Pages	: 335 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (195 users)

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Download or read book Imperialism and the Wider Atlantic written by Tania Gentic and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume broaden previous approaches to Atlantic literature and culture by comparatively studying the politics and textualities of Southern Europe, North America, and Latin America across languages, cultures, and periods. Historically grounded while offering new theoretical approaches, the volume encourages debate on whether the critical lens of imperialism often invoked to explain transatlantic studies may be challenged by the diagonal translinguistic relationships that comprise what the editors term "the wider Atlantic". The essays explore how instances of inverse coloniality, global networks of circulation, and linguistic conceptualizations of nation and identity question dominant structures of power from the nineteenth century to today.

Applied Correspondence Analysis

Author	: Sten Erik Clausen
Publisher	: SAGE
Release Date	: 1998-06
ISBN 10	: 0761911154
Pages	: 230 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (111 users)

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Download or read book Applied Correspondence Analysis written by Sten Erik Clausen and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1998-06 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides readers with a simple, non-technical introduction to correspondence analysis (CA), a technique for summarily describing the relationships among categorical variables in large tables. It begins with the history and logic of CA. The author shows readers the steps to the analysis: category profiles and masses are computed, the distances between these points calculated and the best-fitting space of n-dimensions located. There are glossaries on appropriate programs from SAS and SPSS for doing CA and the book concludes with a comparison of CA and log-linear models.

Ram n Del Valle Incl n The works of Valle Incl n

Author	: Robert Lima
Publisher	: DS Brewer
Release Date	: 1999
ISBN 10	: 0729304159
Pages	: 302 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (41 users)

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Download or read book Ram n Del Valle Incl n The works of Valle Incl n written by Robert Lima and published by DS Brewer. This book was released on 1999 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published by Boydell & Brewer Inc.

The Miraculous Lie

Author	: Bart L. Lewis
Publisher	: Lexington Books
Release Date	: 2003
ISBN 10	: 0739107879
Pages	: 202 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (78 users)

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Download or read book The Miraculous Lie written by Bart L. Lewis and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating study of five twentieth-century Latin American novels that focus on one particular search for El Dorado: the infamous 1559 expedition, headed by Pedro Ursua and the first legendary colonial rebel against the crown, Lope de Aguirre. Author Bart Lewis approaches these five works as both representations of Latin American literature during the mid to late twentieth-century and as re-examinations of the notorious figure of Lope de Aguirre.

The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films

Author	: Salvador Jimenez Murguía
Publisher	: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date	: 2018-05-18
ISBN 10	: 9781442271333
Pages	: 580 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (422 users)

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Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films written by Salvador Jimenez Murguía and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-05-18 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the Franco regime (1939-1976), films produced in Spain were of poor quality, promoted the regime’s agenda, or were heavily censored. After the dictator’s death, the Spanish film industry transitioned into a new era, one in which artists were able to more freely express themselves and tackle subjects that had been previously stifled. Today, films produced in Spain are among the most highly regarded in world cinema. The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films features nearly 300 entries on the written by a host of international scholars and film critics. Beginning with movies released after Franco’s death, this volume documents four decades of films, directors, actresses and actors of Spanish cinema. Offering a comprehensive survey of films, the entries address such topics as art, culture, society and politics. Each includes comprehensive production details and provides brief suggestions for further reading. Through its examination of the films of the post-Franco period, this volume offers readers valuable insights into Spanish history, politics, and culture. An indispensable guide to one of the great world cinemas, The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films will be of interest to students, academics, and the general public alike.

The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel

Author	: Harriet Turner
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Release Date	: 2003-09-11
ISBN 10	: 0521778158
Pages	: 348 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (781 users)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel written by Harriet Turner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-11 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel presents the development of the modern Spanish novel from 1600 to the present. Drawing on the combined legacies of Don Quijote and the traditions of the picaresque novel, these essays focus on the question of invention and experiment, on what constitutes the singular features of evolving fictional forms. It examines how the novel articulates the relationships between history and fiction, high and popular culture, art and ideology, and gender and society. Contributors highlight the role played by historical events and cultural contexts in the elaboration of the Spanish novel, which often takes a self-conscious stance toward literary tradition. Topics covered include the regional novel, women writers, and film and literature. This companionable survey, which includes a chronology and guide to further reading, conveys a vivid sense of the innovative techniques of the Spanish novel and of the debates surrounding it.

Ya Basta

Author	: Marcos (subcomandante.)
Publisher	: AK Press
Release Date	: 2004-01-01
ISBN 10	: 1904859135
Pages	: 692 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (591 users)

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Download or read book Ya Basta written by Marcos (subcomandante.) and published by AK Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For ten years a voice from deep within the Mexican jungle has inspired us to fight back.

Alfonso Reyes and Spain

Author	: Barbara Bockus Aponte
Publisher	: University of Texas Press
Release Date	: 2013-11-18
ISBN 10	: 9780292733398
Pages	: 216 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (927 users)

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Download or read book Alfonso Reyes and Spain written by Barbara Bockus Aponte and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfonso Reyes, the great humanist and man of letters of contemporary Spanish America, began his literary career just before the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. He spearheaded the radical shift in Mexico's cultural and philosophical orientation as a leading member of the famous "Athenaeum Generation." The crucial years of his literary formation, however, were those he spent in Spain (1914-1924). He arrived in Madrid unknown and unsure of his future. When he left, he had achieved both professional maturity and wide acclaim as a writer. This book has, as its basis, the remarkable correspondence between Reyes and some of the leading spirits of the Spanish intellectual world, covering not only his years in Spain but also later exchanges of letters. Although Reyes always made it clear that he was a Mexican and a Spanish American, he became a full-fledged member of the closed aristocracy of Spanish literature. It was the most brilliant period in Spain's cultural history since the Golden Age, and it is richly represented here by Reyes' association with five of its most important figures: Miguel de Unamuno and Ramón del Valle-Inclán were of the great "Generation of 98"; among the younger writers were José Ortega y Gasset, essayist and philosopher; the Nobel poet Juan Ramón Jiménez; and Ramón Gómez de la Serna, a precursor of surrealism. Alfonso Reyes maintained lifelong friendships with these men, and their exchanges of letters are of a dual significance. They reveal how the years in Spain allowed Reyes to pursue his vocation independently, thereby prompting him to seek universal values. Coincidentally, they provide a unique glimpse into the inner world of those friends—and their dreams of a new Spain.

Mexico s Ruins

Author	: Raúl Rodríguez-Hernández
Publisher	: State University of New York Press
Release Date	: 2012-02-01
ISBN 10	: 9780791480823
Pages	: 230 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (914 users)

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Download or read book Mexico s Ruins written by Raúl Rodríguez-Hernández and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the trope of modernity in García Ponce’s writings.

Equestrian Rebels

Author	: Roberto Cantú
Publisher	: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date	: 2016-05-11
ISBN 10	: 9781443893213
Pages	: 380 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (438 users)

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Download or read book Equestrian Rebels written by Roberto Cantú and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-11 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mariano Azuela (Mexico, 1873–1952) was a medical doctor by profession, recipient of Mexico’s Premio Nacional de Literatura (1949), a distinguished member of El Colegio Nacional and, by mid-century, one of Mexico’s leading novelists and literary critics. The author of novels, novellas, plays, biographies, and literary criticism, Azuela served as field doctor under Francisco Villa during the Mexican Revolution and, after Villa’s military defeats in 1915, published Los de abajo (The Underdogs, 1915) while in exile in El Paso, Texas. This book of essays commemorates the first centenary of Los de abajo, and traces its impact on twentieth-century autobiographies, memoirs and, more specifically, on the Novel of the Mexican Revolution. Equestrian Rebels: Critical Perspectives on Mariano Azuela and the Novel of the Mexican Revolution includes a full-length introduction and nineteen essays by leading international scholars who study Azuela and other novelists of the Mexican Revolution – such as Martín Luis Guzmán, Nellie Campobello and, among others, José Rubén Romero – from current, yet contrasting and innovative theoretical perspectives. Especially written for this volume, these critical essays are grouped into five sections that separately probe and analyze Azuela’s realism and contemporary affinities with photography; Azuela’s literary criticism; centennial studies on Los de abajo; critical approaches to other novels by Azuela; three independent analyses of Nellie Campobello’s Cartucho (1931); and a concluding section on literary representations of Mexican colonialism and revolution in the narratives of Juan Rulfo (El llano en llamas), Carlos Fuentes (Gringo viejo), and David Toscana (El último lector). This book will be of importance to scholars, teachers, students, and the general reader interested in topics related to the literary, cultural, and political forces and conflicts that led to the transformation of Mexico into a modern nation.

Catalog of Copyright Entries New Series

Author	: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher	: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Release Date	: 1929
ISBN 10	: STANFORD:36105063357276
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.F/5 ( users)

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Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries New Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1929 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Companion to the Twentieth century Spanish Novel

Author	: Martha Eulalia Altisent
Publisher	: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date	: 2008
ISBN 10	: 9781855661745
Pages	: 358 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (556 users)

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Download or read book A Companion to the Twentieth century Spanish Novel written by Martha Eulalia Altisent and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spanish novel in a turbulent century.

Bridging the Atlantic

Author	: University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Center for Latin America
Publisher	: SUNY Press
Release Date	: 1996-04-04
ISBN 10	: 0791429180
Pages	: 244 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (291 users)

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Download or read book Bridging the Atlantic written by University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Center for Latin America and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1996-04-04 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of historical, philosophical, sociopolitical, and literary essays examines the linkages between the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America.

Spanish Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes

Author	: David William Foster
Publisher	: Greenwood Publishing Group
Release Date	: 1999
ISBN 10	: 0313303320
Pages	: 230 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (33 users)

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Download or read book Spanish Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes written by David William Foster and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 1999 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanish literature is one of the major European literatures, with an extensive array of canonical and important writers from the Middle Ages to the present. Because Spain was a crossroads of Christian, Jewish, and Islamic cultures, its cultural traditions weave together issues related to homoerotic practices and beliefs from these diverse origins. Homoeroticism, as a consequence, has always been a highly charged issue for Spain. But only since the return to a constitutional society after the death of Franco in 1975 and the international growth of interest in queer issues has it been possible to establish a reliable history of homoeroticism in Spanish culture. Many of these issues have been treated in Spanish literature, since the literature of a country so closely records its culture. This reference book examines the prominence of gay and lesbian themes in the works of Spanish writers and thus illuminates the homoerotic element in Spanish culture from the medieval period to the twentieth century. The volume presents entries for more than 50 Spanish writers, such as Federico García Lorca, Ignatius of Loyola, Juan de la Cruz, Miguel de Unamuno, María de Zayas, and Esther Tusqueto. The writers included fall chiefly into two groups: those of the canon whose works contain elements of interest to an agenda of sexual dissidence, and those who constitute a lesbigay inventory for contemporary Spain. Included are those writers whose works are of interest to lesbigay scholarship, regardless of whether the writers themselves were lesbigay. The volume also includes entries for several Spanish cultural figures such as filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar and painter Salvador Dalí, who were not writers but nonetheless inform the homoerotic background of Spanish writing and culture. Entries are arranged alphabetically and are written by expert contributors. Each includes a brief biographical profile, a discussion of gay and lesbian themes in the writer's works, and a bibliography. The volume also includes an extensive introductory essay and a list of major studies.