UNA EXCURSIÓN A LOS INDIOS RANQUELES DE LUCIO V. MANSILLA

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,...

First published in 1900 Uruguay, Ariel is Latin America's most famous essay on esthetic and philosophical sensibility, as well as its most discussed treatise on hemispheric relations. Though Rodó protested the interpretation, his allegorical conflict between Ariel, the lover of beauty and truth, and Caliban, the evil spirit of materialism and positivism, has come to be regarded as a metaphor for the conflicts and cultural differences between Latin America and the United States. Generations of statesmen, intellectuals, and literary figures have been formed by this book, either in championing...

La aventura equinoccial de Lope de Aguirre (1964), basada en la histórica antiepopeya de la expedición capitoneada porun vasco a lo largo del Amazonas, ofrece un amplio y variado espectro de caracteres a la búsqueda de un imposible. Elmítico El Dorado se convierte en el centro vital de unas mentes estremecidas y agitadas que luchan contra sí mismas y contra el universo,plas- mado en una tierra indomable, la selva del Marañón, y enunos monarcas lejanos que recuerdan al dios del abandono. Un discurso exuberante, pleno de matices, ayuda a recrear la atmósfera sobrehumana de la tarumbo...

Excerpt from La Descendencia de Lope de Vega Pero de flores y de perlas hecho, entraba Carlos a llamarme, y daba luz a mis ojos, brazos a mi pecho. 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 work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may...