Buenos Aires Poetry N°4

Una mosca se paseaba contenta y despreocupada por el bosque, cuando de pronto apareció una araña que se la comió. Luego la araña es comida.. y luego por... ¡Ufff!

Este libro estudia la obra del poeta renacentista Juan Boscán en relación a los conceptos de cortesanía, autorrepresentación, imitación e imperio que configuraron las letras españolas del primer renacimiento y modifica la imagen tradicional de Boscán como poeta incompetente y secundario que ha prevalecido en los círculos académicos y eruditos a ambos lados del Atlántico. Se trata del primer estudio monográfico sobre la obra italianizante de Boscán que se escribe en más de veinte años. Su propósito es echar luz sobre tres aspectos cruciales de la misma a los que hasta ahora se...

After surviving the mysterious disease that is killing the majority of the America's children, 10-year-old Ruby realizes she has changed. Her frightened parents call the police and she is sent to the brutal government rehabilitation camp named Thurmond. Six years later, she is on the run. She joins other children like herself who have escaped the camp. She can't risk trusting anything or anybody since people will stop at nothing to try and use her powers.

An elucidation in Spanish of the dramatic intentions and accomplishments of the two best imitators of the inspired craftsmanship of Pedro Calderón de la Barca, this is the first monograph to be published on Rojas Zorilla and Moreto for at least two decades. Following an introductory section, in which she discusses and compares the differing attitudes and methods of the two dramatists, the author concentrates on their respective achievements in the genres which they practiced with enthusiasm and ability. Among the comedies and serious secular plays selected for analysis are not only their...