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Excerpt from Principios de Literatura General é Historia de la Literatura Española, Vol. 1: Don Pedro de Alcantara Garcia Aunque se tache de inmodesta nuestra pretension, debemos manifestar con franqueza y lis'í1ra que aspiramos a satisfacer la necesidad y llenar el vacío que antes h'emos publicacion del presente libró con este lo hemos escrito y á 'él hemos. Subordinado su plan y.'desenvolvimiento. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical...

How Far is America From Here? approaches American nations and cultures from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. It is very much at the heart of this comparative agenda that “America” be considered as a hemispheric and global matter. It discusses American identities relationally, whether the relations under discussion operate within the borders of the United States, throughout the Americas, and/or worldwide. The various articles here gathered interrogate the very notion of “America”: which, whose America, when, why now, how? What is meant by “far”—distance,...

Cuestión de actitud Compilado por Fernando Perfetti Nuestra actitud frente a los acontecimientos, es lo que nos define como personas, como sociedad y como pueblo. Si mi actitud es positiva, todo lo que me rodea será positivo. Por el contrario, si mi actitud es negativa, negativo pues serán los resultados que obtenga. La realidad que me toca, no debo enfrentarla, debo más bien, saber convivir con ella y sacarle provecho para mi bien. El tiempo es nuestro gran aliado en el camino de nuestra vida, nuestro gran consejero. Walt Disney dijo alguna vez: "Si lo puedes soñar, lo puedes hacer", y...

Fernan Gonzalez lived from about AD 910 to 970. The popular image of him is of a fearsome warrior who gave his people protection from their enemies (both Muslim and Christian), and a wise and respected lord who enabled them to live in security and harmony. He was generally accepted to have played a strategic role in achieving independence for Castile and freeing it from dominance by the kingdom of Leon. The Poema de Fernan Gonzalez was composed (by an unknown author) in the mid-thirteenth century as an enduring celebration of his triumphs and account of his life and deeds. Fact and legend...