Scripta Humanistica

A Guided Dream: Selected Data on the Nobel PrizeAuthor: Ralph GuntherPublisher: Scripta HumanisticaPublication Date: Jun 23, 2015Number of Pages: 250 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

A conceptualization of an interdisciplinary sign which combines painting, music, and literature is presented in seven of Blasco Iba?ez's novels.Author: Aida E. TrauPublisher: Scripta...

Del atalaya a los limites de faeton: Narrar la experiencia cognitiva en el barroco hispanicoAuthor: Nicolas M. VivaldaPublisher: Scripta HumanisticaPublication Date: Jun 18, 2015Number of Pages: 230...

This is the first modern edition and critical study of a dramatic courtly tale from 1655 by a forgotten woman writer of Spain's Golden Age. The extensive introduction and notes serve to restore the...

This book examines how medical language provided Alem?n with an extraordinary linguistic tool that made the emergence of the modern novel possible. Mateo Alem?n disclosed to subsequent generations of...

El Hamete De ToledoAuthor: Matthew J. DeanPublisher: Scripta HumanisticaPublication Date: Jun 23, 2015Number of Pages: 204 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10: 188252862XISBN-13: 9781882528622

A re-evaluation of the works by this novelist, dramatist, and critic of turn-of-the-century Milan. The issue of Butti's place in literary history leads to a critical definition of the minor writer in...

A complete guide to Nobel Prizes in literature from Sully-Prudhomme to Derek Walcott (1901-1992), which can appeal to all readers as a source of documented facts and interesting anecdotes. It...

L'Humanisme a la Corona d'AragoAuthor: Julia B. JimenezPublisher: Scripta HumanisticaPublication Date: Jun 23, 2015Number of Pages: 480 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10: 1882528565ISBN-13:...

Using the theory of orality, this book shows how the poems were composed with the techniques of oral tradition; and the oral character of this poetry helps in establishing the uniqueness of the...

La Poesie De Lucette Desvignes/ The Poetry of Lucette DesvignesAuthor: Jerry L. CurtisPublisher: Scripta HumanisticaPublication Date: Jun 18, 2015Number of Pages: 224 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased...

This book examines the origin of the medieval Spanish concept of light and the poetic function which luminous imagery serves. It concludes with an investigation of the traditional element (radiance)...

This book offers a stylistic analysis of an early-twentieth-century Venezuelan writer known for his travel accounts, stories, novels, and essays. It concentrates on three novels: ?dolos rotos, Sangre...

A comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of this prolific Mexican poet-composer of the early twentieth century. It analyzes in depth the relation of literature to music in twenty-five compositions...

This study delves into the syntagmatic composition of the medieval epic the Cantar de Mio Cid. The detailed structural analysis of the Cantar de Mio Cid reveals that it consists of nineteen tales and...

This volume offers a distinct interpretation of the genesis of one of the most fascinating genres of Spanish medieval literature, the fifteenth-century Spanish sentimental novel. This work examines...

With a grounding in the current theoretical understanding of Renaissance feminism, this work presents an examination of Francisco Delicado's profeminist position in the context of what are currently...

This exciting study is essential reading for students and scholars of theater. It challenges the premise of most critical interpretations of the comedia, which are based on the notion of the...

This volume contains several outstanding scholarly contributions written by some of the leading critics in the field of Hispanic literature.Author: Mary G. BergPublisher: Scripta...

The present volume introduces the reader to a wide range of information about the men and women who won Nobel Prizes. Excerpts from their life histories, from their achievements in the sciences and...

The Theater of Infamy: Autos De Fe in Peru; Inquisition Trial and Sentencing Records, 1639-1749Author: Jerry M. WilliamsPublisher: Scripta HumanisticaPublication Date: Jun 23, 2015Number of Pages:...

The figure of the intellectual emerged in Spain in the second half of the nineteenth century, and Azor?n (Jos? Mart?nez Ruiz) and Miguel de Unamuno explored the critical and creative possibilities of...

Tones/Countertones proposes formal verse translations of a large selection of well-known (and less well-known) poetry, drawn from ten centuries and five languages: Latin, Italian, French, Spanish,...