Los celtas

This study offers a profound study of Arrufat's play, using most recent critical trends concerning the performance aspect of the drama. It examines the genre of the drama and its relationship to the phenomenon of the Cuban Revolution, Arrufat as a Cuban playwright of the 60s and his re-writing of the Greek theme of the fratricidal fight in Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes. Also contains a recent interview with Arrufat in which he describes the social circumstances surrounding the play and some of his classical re-writing techniques.

El Escorial is more than a monument to the zeal of Spain’s Catholicism; it is also a symbol of Spain at its imperial apogee. This imposing, granite edifice was built by King Philip II to celebrate Spain’s victory over the French at Saint-Quentin on August 10, 1557. Paid for with New-World gold, this sprawling monastery-palace is laid out in a vast grid of corridors and courtyards. At its heart is the austere Doric basilica of San Lorenzo el Real - beneath which are the remains of eleven Spanish kings, including Philip. The story of this fascinating, enduring symbol of Spain’s monarchy...

Aborda la mitologa̕ griega con pasin̤ y sin renunciar al rigor, y nos cuenta los avatares de sus personajes como en la ms̀ trepidante de las novelas. Y as,̕ asistiremos boquiabiertos a la aparicin̤ del Caos primigenio y al nacimiento de Atenea, que emerge de la cabeza de Zeus; nos sobrecogeremos al ser testigos de cm̤o Cronos castra y destrona a su padre; temblaremos al cruzarnos con Pandora dispuesta a destapar la temible jarra; contendremos el aliento al descubrir que Persf̌one osa probar la fruta del Inframundo; nos emocionaremos con los amoro̕s de Eros y Psique; iremos de caza con ...

El tomo 3 reseña los esfuerzos por "modernizar" aspectos clave de la vida social, económica y política de México. Los alcances y las limitaciones de sus proyectos revelan la enorme complejidad y riqueza del siglo XIX en nuestro país: el siglo de las reformas.