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This book presents a panoramic view of contemporary Chilean literature from an aesthetic and ideological perspective in connection with the country's recent history.Offers in-depth interviews with representatives of five generations of Chilean writers

This book explores the most recent critical and theoretical approaches in the field of Chicano studies from an interdisciplinary perspective. The contributions go back to the 4th International Conference on Chicano Literature which took place in Sevilla in May 2004. They deal with a wide variety of topics and approach the subject from diverse viewpoints. Some examine specific literary texts by major Chicano authors from feminist, comparative and close-reading approaches, others discuss ideological and cultural issues like folklore, ethnicity, identity, sexuality or stereotypes, while yet...

This trilingual volume examines the extent to which myths are affected by the crises of the 20th and 21st centuries. It brings together four theoretical studies which analyse both the crisis of structure – implying the distortion or disappearance of myth – and the crisis of concepts and terminology that currently threaten the study of mythology. The largest section of the volume focuses on the crises that have affected ancient, medieval and modern literary myths from a global perspective, taking into account psychology, ethics, politics and contemporary meta-literature. The final section...

Joseph-Henry-Honoré Boex, nacido en Bruselas en 1856, escribió una parte de su obra en colaboración con su hermano Sheraphin-Justine-François, utilizando para ello el seudónimo común de J.-H. Rosny. J. H. Rosny Ainé (el mayor), nombre artístico que adoptó Joseph-Henry en solitario, es, junto con Julio Verne, el escritor de ciencia ficción en francés más influyente y difundido fuera del ámbito francófono. El presente volumen es una selección de las mejores novelas (En busca del fuego, El león de las cavernas y Vamireh) que escribió el mayor de los Rosny dedicadas a la vida del ...