Nova edição de uma das obras mais importantes de Alberto Manguel, agora pela
Companhia de Bolso. Leitor voraz e ciumento, um grão-vizir da Pérsia carregava sua …

Dos de las grandes aportaciones de El lector literario son los análisis que se ofrecen en
torno al concepto y la conformación de" lo clásico" y" el canon", así como del paso histórico …

Twenty-five years ago Lawrence Stone published in the pages of thi journal an article
entitled" The Educational Revolution in England 1560 to 1640", which inaugurated a …

Del topos al logos: Propuestas de geopoética reúne una serie de ensayos alrededor de la
fundación del espacio en la narrativa latinoamericana, los símbolos con los que se lo …

This text addresses the difficulties of balancing the imperatives of sustainability with the
pressing challenges facing some of the world's most underdeveloped areas. Various …

Kinship has returned to the pages of anthropology journals with a vengeance, but also with
a twist. With the revitalization of one of its hallmark concepts, anthropology is once again …

No me cabe ninguna duda de que el lector que por primera vez ha tomado entre sus manos
el presente libro, bien con la honesta intención de aprovechar su lectura, bien simplemente …

The word “blood” awakens ancient ideas, but we know little about its historical
representation in Western cultures. Anthropologists have customarily studied how societies …

Masculine Virtue in Early Modern Spain extricates the history of masculinity in early modern
Spain from the narrative of Spain's fall from imperial power after 1640. This book culls …

Authority, Piracy, and Captivity in Colonial Spanish American Writing examines the intricate
bond between poetry and history writing that shaped the theory and practice of empire in …