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"El último godo" And The Dynamics Of The Urdrama Author : Niehoff McCrary, Susan. Preface by E. Keller, John
Publisher : Scripta Humanistica
isbn: 0916379361
Place of publication:  Potomac , United States
Year : 1987
Nº: 31
Pages : 116
Language : English

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A figural and typological study of Lope's important historical drama. "A fresh and vital interpretation of an unfortunately half-forgotten play." -John E. Keller, University of Kentucky. "[McCrary] has opened the way to a real and more profound comprehension of the complexity of Lope's historical vision in his dramas." -Thomas E. Case, Hispania.

"La Celestina": A Feminist Reading Of The "Carpe Diem" Theme Author : Hartunian, Diane. Preface by Mujica, Barbara
Publisher : Scripta Humanistica
isbn: 0916379817
Place of publication:  Potomac , United States
Year : 1992
Pages : 150
Language : English

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This book, which offers the first feminist reading of the "carpe diem" theme in Fernando de Rojas' masterpiece, reveals a positive and liberating portrayal of female characters. The application of certain contemporary French feminist theories such as those of Helene Cixous and Luce Irigaray, elucidates Rojas' "deconstruction" process, which breaks with patriarchal attitudes towards women. "This new, provocative feminist approach to La Celestina is sure to elicit passionate reactions. Whether or not you agree with Hartunian's premise, you will enjoy this lively, unconventional book. Diane Hartunian makes us rethink our notions on La Celestina." -Barbara Mujica, Georgetown University.

A Contrapuntual Method For Analyzing Spanish Literature Author : Ullman, Pierre L.
Publisher : Scripta Humanistica
isbn: 0916379523
Place of publication:  Potomac , United States
Year : 1998
Pages : 260
Language : English

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This volume demonstrates how literary critics seeking to establish a structure for certain works of Spanish literature can classify their symbols according to the first two essays of Northrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism. The present study essays the method with two episodes from Don Quixote, Lope de Vega's El caballero de Olmedo, Gallego's Oda a la muerte de la Duquesa de Frías, Zorilla's Don Juan Tenorio, Galdós' Torquemada en la hoguera, Clarín's ¡Adiós, Cordera!, Valle-lnclán's Rosarito, and two vignettes from Juan Ramón Jiménez' Platero y yo. "The book under review will be of value to anyone studying the titles listed above. Ullman's interpretations are too powerful to be ignored by any scholar researching a work he studies here."-Stephen Miller, Hispanic Review.

Afrodita en el trópico Erotismo y la construcción del sujeto femenino en obras de autoras centroamericanas
Author : Preble-Niemi, Oralia
Publisher : Scripta Humanistica
isbn: 1882528298
Place of publication:  Potomac , United States
Year : 1999
Pages : 264
Language : Spanish

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This collection of essays investigates a new and relevant phenomenon in the writings of Central American women writers of the 20th Century: the uninhibited approach to the theme of eroticism. The sixteen scholars included in the work examine the presence of the topic in this literature and the manner in which it serves to construct the feminine subject. Several of the articles discuss the revolutionary nature of eroticism in women?s literature. This revolution is analyzed in the altered nature of fictional, personal relationships and domestic settings, as well as in the political realm. The articles bring different critical approaches to bear on the works of authors such as Gloconda Belli, Jacinta Escudos, Gloria Guardia, Ana Istarú, Luz Méndez de la Vega, Michele Najlis, etc. "Este trabajo es, sin lugar a dudas, imprescindible para los que se interesan en el tema, y fuente obligada de referencia para los que quieran estudiar a fondo la producción poética de las mujeres centroamericanas".-Lourdes Rojas, Revista de Folología Hispánica. 

Alienation in Giuseppe Berto's novels Author : Striuli, Giacomo A.
Publisher : Scripta Humanistica
isbn: 0916379302
Place of publication:  Potomac , United States
Year : 1987
Pages : 96
Language : English

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A most comprehensive study of alienation in Giuseppe Berto (1914-1978), the popular but controversial Italian author whose artistic endeavors include fiction, journalism, play writing, and cinematography. "A valuable, scholarly tool for the study of this contemporary author". -Santo L. Arico, Italica.

Arte y Música en las novelas de Blasco Ibánez Author : Trau, Aida
Publisher : Scripta Humanistica
isbn: 1882528093
Place of publication:  Potomac , United States
Year : 1994
Pages : 305
Language : Spanish

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A conceptualization of an interdisciplinary sign which combines painting, music, and literature is presented in seven of Blasco Ibañez's novels.

Arthur Sherburne Hardy: A Man Of American Letters Author : Stewart, E. Kate. Preface by Budd, Louis J.
Publisher : Scripta Humanistica
isbn: 0916379388
Place of publication:  Potomac , United States
Year : 1986
Pages : 128
Language : English

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A thorough and engaging treatment of Hardy as poet and prose writer. "Now that Dr. Stewart has introduced Hardy properly, [the reader] will get a surprised scrutiny as we reshape the history of American letters between the Civil War and World War I. "Louis J. Budd, James B. Duke Professor of English, Duke University. Mentioned in American Literature. "Stewart's volume will be of value.-Glenn O. Carey, American Literary Realism.

Autodescubrimiento y autodominio de Colón a Calderón. Discursos renacentistas de autoridad y experiencia (interpretaciones fenomenológicas y sociosemióticas)
Author : González-Casanovas, Roberto
Publisher : Scripta Humanistica
isbn: 1882528239
Place of publication:  Potomac , United States
Year : 2000
Pages : 160
Language : Spanish

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This work examines the cultural discourses of authority and experience (in their historical, religious, and literary aspects) that emerge in the Spanish Golden Age as a result of the new world order of an expanded Christendom, the Catholic Counter-Reformation, and an evolving Christian humanism. The opening and closing chapters develop a critical model based on dialogical interpretations of ideology, typology, and narratology, which is then related to Spanish Golden Age culture and discourse. The eight main chapters treat a representative selection of travels, meditations, devotional lyrics, novels, stories, prologues, philosophical dramas, and allegorical plays by such major authors as Columbus, Santa Teresa de Jesús, Lope de Vega, Cervantes, Quevedo, Calderón, and sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.

Between A Rock And A Heart Place Author : Wilson, Rick. Foreword by Bausch, Richard
Publisher : Scripta Humanistica
isbn: 0916379515
Place of publication:  Potomac , United States
Year : 1990
Pages : 63
Language : English

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Winner of the David Lloyd Kreeger Creativity Award (1988) and the George Mason University Poetry Prize (1976), Brother Rick Wilson, T.O.R., presents here a collection of his finest creative writing poems of family, love, suffering and memory. His poems are vivid, intelligent, musical, and intimate. "Sound is wonderfully wedded to sense here... This is a book which yields up in richness what I most long for when I pick up a book of poems: vision; experience; travel in the world as another soul views it."-Richard Bausch. O. Henry Award; PEN/ Faulkner Award Citation.

Beyond the Book. Marguerite Duras: "Infans" Author : Cranston, Mechthild
Publisher : Scripta Humanistica
isbn: 1882528212
Place of publication:  Potomac , United States
Year : 1996
Pages : 140
Language : English

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Close analyses of some of Marguerite Duras early works (Le Marin de Gibraltar, Les Petits Chevaux de Tarquinia, Le Square) followed by readings of Les Yeux bleus cheveux noirs and Le Douleur. The texts chosen by Cranston are particularly challenging and are read by her in the light of Duras own statements concerning the nature of the literary endeavor, writes Germaine Brée in her Preface. Cranston explores the many levels of linguistic play and resonance, the ambiguities of Duras ... Cranstons own cultural memory is particularly rich and crosses the frontiers of separate linguistic frames.

Boticelli's Neoplatonic Images Author : de Girolami Cheney, Liana
Publisher : Scripta Humanistica
isbn: 1882528034
Place of publication:  Potomac , United States
Year : 1993
Pages : 204
Language : English

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This is a revised edition of the author's 1985 study, now out of print, which has been republished in response to the great interest of its subject matter, Botticelli, and of its critical approach, a humanistic analysis of the cultural contexts of Renaissance painting. Among the aspects discussed are the artist's evolution, Medici patronage, Neoplatonism, and ways of interpreting mythology, allegory, and iconography in art.

Carlos Alberto Trujillo: Una voz poética de América del Sur Author : Brooks, Zelda Irene
Publisher : Scripta Humanistica
isbn: 0916379884
Place of publication:  Potomac , United States
Year : 1992
Pages : 125
Language : Spanish

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A thorough study of the life and works of the Chilean poet, winner of the 1991 "Premio Pablo Neruda."