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Primera traducción íntegra al castellano del libro en el que Benjamin estuvo trabajando los últimos trece años de su vida. Una obra fundamental del pensamiento europeo del siglo XX.

Although the three authors studied, Ana Maria Matute, Carmen Martin Gaite, and Esther Tusquets, are sophisticated intellectuals, they have chosen fairy tales and texts from other marginalized genres originally for female consumption (such as the novela rosa and the Hollywood women's picture) as the major intertexts in their novels for adults as well as in their fictions for children. Against the backdrop feminist theory and recent critical studies of fairy tales and children's literature, Solino studies the works of these authors as "gendered texts." Solino's book opens with a chapter that...

This book is written in Spanish. This book is a study of the intellectual and cultural atmosphere surrounding the Spanish author don Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645) during his stay at the Courts of Palermo and Naples (1613-1619) in the service of the Viceroy Duke of Osuna. Attention is paid particularly to his early knowledge of the works of the poet Marino, his role as protector of the Arts, and as intercessor on behalf of the philosopher Campanella. The second part of the book offers a detailed analysis of the author's writings during his Italian and post-Italian years as a result of his...

Los vasos comunicantes son aquellos que restablecen la unidad entre el mundo de la vigilia y el del sueño. Lo importante es 'retener de la vida despierta lo que merece ser retenido'. Por eso el sueño libera, exhibe, crea, borra la noción del tiempo y provoca una «conspiración de silencio y de noche» en torno al amor. El sueño sobrepasa la realidad y restituye la presencia de los seres amados y ausentes. La mujer, enigmática y evasiva, aparece envuelta en melancolía y soledad. Los lugares, los objetos, las personas cobran sentido auténtico al animarse por la afectividad evocadora e...