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Literary Fables of Yriarte
This delightful volume collects the best fables of Spanish writer Tomás de Iriarte, translated into English by George Humphrey Devereux. The fables are both witty and thought-provoking, and the book is enhanced by charming illustrations throughout. This is a wonderful book for children and adults alike who love classic storytelling. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Fabulas Literarias
"F�bulas literarias" (Literary Fables) is a collection of fables (stories with moral, with animals and objects as characters) written in verse by Tom�s de Iriarte, a Spanish writer of the Enlightenment best known for this work. The fables were published in 1782, although they were written with some of the writer's "enemies" in mind, they criticize and satirize human traits that we can find nowadays and they remain actual. "El burro flautista" (The Flutist Donkey) and "Los dos conejos" (The Two Rabbits) are two of the best known fables included here. Also included are 9 posthumous fables.
Sarmiento and His Argentina
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, president of Argentina from 1868 to 1874, is best known as an educator and as the author of Civilization and Barbarism: The Life of Juan Facundo Quiroga, generally referred to as El Facundo. The contributors to this volume call attention to other facets of Sarmiento's life and to the results of the programs he encouraged.
A New History of Spanish Literature
First published in 1961, A New History of Spanish Literature has been a much-used resource for generations of students. The book has now been completely revised and updated to include extensive discussion of Spanish literature of the past thirty years. Richard E. Chandler and Kessel Schwartz, both longtime students of the literature, write authoritatively about every Spanish literary work of consequence. From the earliest extant writings though the literature of the 1980s, they draw on the latest scholarship. Unlike most literary histories, this one treats each genre fully in its own section, thus making it easy for the reader to follow the development of poetry, the drama, the novel, other ...
Encyclopedia of the Literature of Empire
Examines the world's greatest literature about empires and imperialism, including more than 200 entries on writers, classic works, themes, and concepts.
Making Sense of Popular Culture
The study of popular culture has come of age, and is now an area of central concern for the well-established domain of cultural studies. In a context where research in popular culture has become closely intertwined with current debates within cultural studies, this volume provides a selection of recent insights into the study of the popular from cultural studies perspectives. Dealing with issues concerning representation, cultural production and consumption or identity construction, this anthology includes chapters analysing a range of genres, from film, television, fiction, drama and print media to painting, in various contexts through a number of cultural studies-oriented theoretical and m...
The Cambridge Companion to English Melodrama
A lively and accessible account of the most popular form of nineteenth-century English theatre, and its continuing influence today.
