Contiendas en torno al canon

An index for the twenty-three issues of Hora de Espana, a literary journal that circulated in Spain between January 1937 and October 1938. It is composed of two main parts: the Introduction contains historical notes about the journal, its founders and topics; and the Index is an alphabetical listing of the authors who wrote for the journal.

Aquest llibre contribueix al debat sobre la figura i rellevància de l'obra de Zora Neale Hurston, insigne predecessora de les escriptores afroamericanes actuals. A més d'estudiar la manera que Hurston aplica a la literatura idees sobre política racial de gènere, s'exposa el procés pel qual es va convertir en una figura clau en la lluita per la transformació del cànon literari nord-americà.

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...

Ha correspondido a la literatura, más que a la filosofía o a la psicología, describir la geografía de la condición femenina. Una geografía quizá mucho más compleja y cambiante que la del hombre. En este libro el autor ofrece cincuenta perfiles de mujeres que no han sido reales, pero que constituyen un valioso vademécum de la variedad femenina, donde aprender a admirar y amar el eterno femenino.