Este infierno mío

"La contribución de Alberto Blecua a la filología española desde su reconocido magisterio en la Universidad Autónoma trasciende lo estrictamente académico y lo convierte en una de las voces más reconocidas, autorizadas en indiscutibles de la filología de los últimos treinta años. El presente volumen reúne los trabajos sobre historia literaria que el autor juzga más representativos de su trayectoria; son aportaciones publicadas en revistas especializadas y hoy difíciles de encontrar, revisadas y actualizadas para la ocasión. En estas páginas, y en su clara prosa, brillan por...

This analysis shows that Reinaldo Arenas' work is one of exile and alienation. Arenas, as a human being as well as an author, suffered all forms of exile, and these influence the structure of his work. In his literary work, as well as in his life, all the definitions of exile given by sociology are present; that of inner exile, to which Arenas added a new characteristic, and that of territorial exile as well. His work represents the vision of the marginated, imprisoned, persecuted, rejected. The purpose of his novels and poetry is to reveal, from a historical reconstruction, the explanation...

La indagación sobre el proceso lentísimo y multiforme mediante el cual los grupos humanos fraguan los modelos imaginarios de sus religiones constituye la trama del libro. La ansiedad del lector moderno se va disolviendo en el paseo que el profesor Léveque propone desde el hombre de Atapuerca hasta los ciudadanos de la poleis griegas.

First published in 1900 Uruguay, Ariel is Latin America's most famous essay on esthetic and philosophical sensibility, as well as its most discussed treatise on hemispheric relations. Though Rodó protested the interpretation, his allegorical conflict between Ariel, the lover of beauty and truth, and Caliban, the evil spirit of materialism and positivism, has come to be regarded as a metaphor for the conflicts and cultural differences between Latin America and the United States. Generations of statesmen, intellectuals, and literary figures have been formed by this book, either in championing...