Góngora vindicado: Soledad primera, ilustrada y defendida

An examination of the form and significance of the 56 short narratives of Ramon Gomez de la Serna, based on a review of his own theoretical views on narrative, derived from his essays, prologues and vignettes, related in turn to theories of the modern novella developed by Gillespie et al.

"Once upon a time there was a brave little silver colored fish. He swam around in the big blue sea and came upon a very large black object. What happens next and how it finishes, is what this book is about!"

This volume contains several essays that adopt as a common viewpoint a reflection on the concept of 'new models' that arose in Spanish society in the early twentieth century. The studies cover different aspects of culture - from fashion to literature, from music to law, as well as pedagogy - trying to account, from different perspectives, for the creative ferment of one of the most challenging and changeable periods in Spanish history.--Translation of publisher's description.

En español, además de la versión de Cansinos, que ha perdido fuelle en los últimos años por el casticismo un tanto démodé de su lenguaje, contamos con la del académico de la Real Academia de la Historia Juan Vernet, que vio la luz en tres volúmenes de la colección «Clásicos Planeta» y ha sido reimpresa varias veces. Pero no había hasta la fecha una traducción que ubicase Las mil y una noches en el lugar que le corresponde en el mundo hispanohablante del siglo XXI. Ha correspondido llevar a cabo esa labor al arabista Salvador Peña, profesor de la Universidad de Málaga, que ha...