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The Refracted Muse
Galileo never set foot on the Iberian Peninsula, yet, as Enrique García Santo-Tomás unfolds in The Refracted Muse, the news of his work with telescopes brought him to surprising prominence—not just among Spaniards working in the developing science of optometry but among creative writers as well. While Spain is often thought to have taken little notice of the Scientific Revolution, García Santo-Tomás tells a different story, one that reveals Golden Age Spanish literature to be in close dialogue with the New Science. Drawing on the work of writers such as Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca, and Quevedo, he helps us trace the influence of science and discovery on the rapidly developing and highly playful genre of the novel. Indeed, García Santo-Tomás makes a strong case that the rise of the novel cannot be fully understood without taking into account its relationship to the scientific discoveries of the period.
Science on Stage in Early Modern Spain
Science on Stage in Early Modern Spain features essays by leading scholars in the fields of literary studies and the history of science, exploring the relationship between technical innovations and theatrical events that incorporated scientific content into dramatic productions. Focusing on Spanish dramas between 1500 and 1700, through the birth and development of its playhouses and coliseums and the phenomenal success of its major writers, this collection addresses a unique phenomenon through the most popular, versatile, and generous medium of the time. The contributors tackle subjects and disciplines as diverse as alchemy, optics, astronomy, acoustics, geometry, mechanics, and mathematics to reveal how theatre could be used to deploy scientific knowledge. While Science on Stage contributes to cultural and performance studies it also engages with issues of censorship, the effect of the Spanish Inquisition on the circulation of ideas, and the influence of the Eastern traditions in Spain.
Vives y Moro
El filósofo valenciano Juan Luis Vives, muerto en 1540, es una de las figuras más sobresalientes de nuestra historia nacional y quizá la más representativa del siglo cultural en que vivió, pero no se ha puesto suficientemente de relieve su relación con otro gran personaje de la historia de Inglaterra amigo suyo, sir Tomás Moro, que sigue siendo un enigma histórico por su decapitación en 1535. La propuesta de este libro es que uno y otro se complementan, lo que nos ayuda a comprenderlos mejor, porque en Vives podemos encontrar a Moro y en Moro a Vives.
Anion Coordination Chemistry
Building on the pioneering work in supramolecular chemistry from the last 20 years or so, this monograph addresses new and recent approaches to anion coordination chemistry. Synthesis of receptors, biological receptors and metallareceptors, the energetics of anion binding, molecular structures of anion complexes, sensing devices are presented and computational studies addressed to aid with the understanding of the different driving forces responsible for anion complexation. The reader is promised an actual picture of the state of the art for this exciting and constantly evolving field of supramolecular anion coordination chemistry. The topics range from ion channels to selective sensors, making it attractive to all researchers and PhD students with an interest in supramolecular chemistry.
El secreto de la catedral
En 1854 España se ve obligada a vender a Estados Unidos de Norteamérica la isla de Cuba. En el camino de regreso, los emisarios norteamericanos son asesinados y el contrato desaparece. En pleno siglo XXI, el contrato es localizado y se inicia una carrera en la que países como Estados Unidos, España, Rusia, etc., tratan de apoderarse de él. El servicio secreto español, ante este grave problema, recurre a Gonzalo de Beltrán, un noble sevillano, que por sus circunstancias es el único que puede ayudar a resolverlo. En el transcurso de esta aventura, Gonzalo se verá inmerso en una peligrosa trama internacional, teniendo que vérselas con el Vaticano, la CIA, los rusos y el propio CNI esp...
El lupanar de las langostas
El lupanar de las langostas es un quimérico relato construido a partir de un doloroso trauma, no resuelto del todo, en que el protagonista inicia un fabuloso “viaje” al interior de su mente y donde, producto de un abrir y cerrar enigmáticas puertas, va desentrañando los poliformos niveles de las dobles o múltiples entidades que envuelven la contradictoria riqueza del alma humana. La correlación entre el drama principal y los dramas subalternos, atravesados por un cierto distanciamiento irónico, dan pie a la germinación de un arcano y misterioso “personaje”, críptico e inmanejable, que viene a simbolizar y a representar (metafóricamente) parte fundamental de la complejidad con que está constituido nuestro ser.
Rome and Irish Catholicism in the Atlantic World, 1622–1908
This book builds upon research on the role of Catholicism in creating and strengthening a global Irish identity, complementing existing scholarship by adding a ‘Roman perspective’. It assesses the direct agency of the Holy See, its role in the Irish collective imagination, and the extent and limitations of Irish influence over the Holy See’s policies and decisions. Revealing the centrality of the Holy See in the development of a series of missionary connections across the Atlantic world and Rome, the chapters in this collection consider the formation, causes and consequences of these networks both in Ireland and abroad. The book offers a long durée perspective, covering both the early modern and modern periods, to show how Irish Catholicism expanded across continental Europe and over the Atlantic across three centuries. It also offers new insights into the history of Irish migration, exploring the position of the Irish Catholic clergy in Atlantic communities of Irish migrants.
Spanish Warships in the Age of Sail, 1700–1860
This book is the latest contribution to a unique series in a common format documenting in great detail the warships of the major naval powers during the age of sail. To date, four volumes have covered the British Navy, two have been devoted to the French Navy and one each to the Dutch and Russian Navies. This volume on the Spanish Navy, for much of its history the third largest in the world, fills the final gap in the ranks of the major maritime powers. This book is the first comprehensive listing of these ships in English and covers the development of all the naval vessels owned or deployed by Spain during the period of the Bourbon monarchy from 1700 to 1860 (including the period of French ...
La Musa Refractada
El itinerario histórico del presente libro arranca en una serie de textos y autores del reinado del tercer Felipe y termina en los últimos compases del siglo XVII. A lo largo de sus páginas explora el impacto que tuvieron en la España del Barroco los avances en óptica logrados bajo el marco de la denominada "Revolución científica" y se centra, concretamente, en el universo literario, prestando especial atención a aquellos textos y autores que incorporaron referencias a las aplicaciones del cristal en la disciplina de la astronomía desde su paulatina transición de lo tolemaico a lo copernicano.
