Jorge Eduardo Eielson

Primer proyecto periodístico de una de las más destacadas figuras del romanticismo y el costumbrismo español, Mariano José de Larra (1809-1837). Forman la obra cinco cuadernillos, publicados a lo largo del año 1828, cuando el autor cuenta con tan solo diecinueve años, en cuatro imprentas distintas y costeados por el propio autor. En la línea de la revista inglesa The Spectator, contiene una serie de artículos de costumbres y de crítica literaria y teatral, entre los que destacan Diálogo: el duende y el librero, Corridas de toros, El café o Donde las dan las toman, escritos en un...

Candela always passes in front of a house covered with vines on her way home from school. The old mansion has been abandoned for so long that it must be concealing some sort of mystery. She has kept her distance, fearfully quickening her pace, but today a disturbing detail has called her attention: the glass door to the first-floor balcony is ajar. And if that isn't enough, she also seems to hear a whispering voice. Is there someone in the house? Curiosity can be more powerful than fear, and Candela obeys her instinct and crosses the threshold to find out who--or what--is hiding within.

Through a study of literature, the social and cultural issues that help form the identity of a people can be revealed and examined. The ten essays in Temas del comercio y la economía en la narrativa hispana investigate the relation between the Hispanic narrative and the economic and commercial concerns of Spanish-speaking peoples around the world from a variety of historical periods. Balancing a study of writers' perspectives on current economic conditions with a look at literary versions of economic events, this anthology provides a window into Hispanic culture for both the student of...

Con frecuencia leer y entender un poema se convierte en un reto; este libro, a través de once propuestas sobre poemas españoles del siglo XX (de Machado, Cernuda, Salinas, José Hierro, etc.), quiere ofrecer una ayuda para vencer este reto. Dirigido principalmente a profesores de Secundaria y alumnos universitarios.