El prísma irónico, atributos de la narración irónica.

Elemento indispensable en la formación de toda persona culta sigue siendo hoy el conocimiento de las letras clásicas. El autor traza aquí un panorama de la literatura latina sin omitir nada esencial y dando una clara idea de las figuras y corrientes.

El poeta linarense Pedro de Padilla es uno de los referentes inexcusables en el panorama poético español en la segunda mitad del siglo XVI. Desarrolló casi toda su actividad literaria en Madrid, donde por entonces se concentraban la flor y nata de nuestras letras. Mantuvo una estrecha relación con los más ilustres autores del momento (entre ellos, Cervantes y Lope de Vega), que no le regatearon elogios. Esta fama queda corroborada por la abundante presencia en cancioneros manuscritos de la época y el hecho de que vio publicada en vida la mayor parte de su obra, a diferencia de otros...

Eamonn Wall arrived in the United States in the 1980s as part of a wave of young, educated immigrants who became known as the "New Irish." In this book he comments on his own experiences and those of his generation, who identify as much with contemporary ethnic and immigrant America as they do with the long-settled Irish American community. Wall's starting point is the now-closed Sin-é Café in New York's East Village, which was a hangout in the early 1990s for expatriate Irish musicians, actors, and writers. He comments on the poetry, fiction, essays, and memoirs of both the New Irish and...

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