La querella de los novelistas

La configuración del pasado, permanentemente en cuestión, entraña una disputa política que nunca se limita a este, sino que atañe también a cómo nos situamos ante el futuro. Este libro analiza la lucha por establecer un relato hegemónico de la historia reciente de España que tuvo lugar a caballo entre los siglos XX y XXI. En ella los novelistas españoles tuvieron un protagonismo muy relevante. La querella sobre la Segunda República, la Guerra Civil y la posguerra conllevó una confrontación en torno al significado de la Transición y su legado. Desde una perspectiva...

Cuando España declaró en 1779 la guerra contra Gran Bretaña para ayudar a los Estados Unidos a ganar su independencia, el rey Carlos III le encomendó a Bernardo de Gálvez la difícil misión de recuperar las fortalezas de los ingleses en el Golfo de México, de las que la más importante y mejor defendida era la plaza de Pensacola. Pero cuando Gálvez consiguió desembarcar sus tropas en las inmediaciones de esa plaza, el comandante de la flota, el capitán Calvo de Irazábal, se negó a que sus buques entrasen en la bahía por temor al fuego de las baterías inglesas. Decidido a jugarse ...

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Dr. Luna shows that the Argentine history is a counterpoint of fractures and continuities whose comprehension is necessary in order to the result.Through a catching prose he presents characters and moments, processes and situations that at its time were active agents both of sudden change and silent evolution.