Himnos y Epigramas

Francisco Calcagno was one of the most prolific authors of Cuban XIX century, and yet one of the less studied by critics and scholars. His novels focused on blacks are nonetheless essential to understand how the creole elites view blacks and the fears they felt about the influence of blacks in a Cuba white and Spaniard. What could it then better than to read Aponte, along with Prof. Moran's insightful introductory study. There we find an excellent balance between history and fiction, archive material and criticism. In Prof. Francisco Moran's skillful hands Calcagno's novel becomes a literary...

La historia de la vida cotidiana estudia las manifestaciones tenidas como menos importantes por la Historia: "la cotidianidad, lo íntimo, la sensibilidad, la sociabilidad, los afectos; que indaga sobre las representaciones sociales del amor, la pareja, la niñez, la sexualidad, la familia, el honor o el gusto... La línea divisoria entre público y privado es muy difusa. Precisamente esta historiografía trata de demostrar cómo se definen ambas esferas en sociedades y épocas determinadas". Dependiendo del enfoque, puede tener dimensiones de historia general, historia nacional, historia...

Mientras la multitud celebra por las calles de Roma la eleccion del nuevo papa Urbano VIII, una joven y osada aristocrata inglesa llega a la Ciudad Eterna, Clarissa Whetenham, lady McKinney, ha recorrido Europa vestida de muchacho hasta llegar a casa de su prima Olimpia, esposa del principe Pamphili. Muy pronto Clarissa, apodada La Principessa, se vera estrechamente ligada a dos jovenes arquitectos cuyas obras habran de ser las muestras mas sublimes del barroco italiano. Lorenzo Bernni es un hombre brillante, de elegancia mundana y preferido de los Papas, cuyo poder de seduccion no deja...

With its frank sexuality and searing critique of the Church, "La Regenta" scandalized contemporary Spain when it was first published in 1885. Married to the retired magistrate of Vetusta, Ana Ozores cares deeply for her much older husband but feels stifled by the monotony of her life in the shabby and conservative provincial town. When she embarks on a quest for fulfillment through religion and even adultery, a bitter struggle begins between a powerful priest and a would-be Don Juan for the passionate young womanas body and soul. Spainas answer to "Madame Bovary, La Regenta" wittily depicts...