Fabliaux III

"This new English translation of Canaima should be welcomed by all readers of Gallegos. In addition to Kirkland's translation (based on Charles Minguet's 1991 critique of the novel in Spanish), work contains his engaging and provocative translator's essay

En las emotivas páginas de esta obra, Ian Gibson traza un certero recorrido por las vidas de cuatro magníficos poetas de nuestro tiempo: Federico García Lorca, Antonio Machado, Miguel Hernández y Juan Ramón Jiménez, en un estudio estremecedor sobre la lealtad a la causa republicana de cuatro de las mejores voces poéticas de la España del siglo XX, represaliada con la muerte en el exilio, el fusilamiento sin juicio y la muerte en la cárcel.

This is the story of a fire-breathing dragon that is captured by the concerned citizens of a small, isolated country. After refusing to join the army, the peace-loving dragon is put in a cage. He soon escapes and proves to all that dragons and humans can get along if they are willing to put in a little effort to understand each other.

Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, this comparative study of a selection of The Arabian Nights stories in a cross-cultural context, brings together a number of disciplines and subject areas to examine the workings of narrative. It predominantly focuses on the ways in which the Arabian Nights have transformed as its stories have travelled across historical eras, cultures, genres and media. Departing from the familiar approaches of influence and textual studies, this book locates its central inquiry in the theoretical questions surrounding the workings of ideology, genre and genre ideology ...