Although one of the earliest visual representations of the danse macabre was destroyed over three centuries ago, a successful printer, Guyot Marchant, decided to publish a copy of the images and the accompanying inscription in 1485. The little volume quickly sold out, and was succeeded by a series of subsequent… Continue reading…
This study investigates the perception of Spanish vowels: /a e i o u/ and English vowels: / i ɪ ɛ eɪ æ u ʊ oʊ ɑ ʌ/ by native-speakers (NS) of English learning Spanish and NS of Spanish learning English. It analyzes and compares the perception of NS and non-native… Continue reading…
This book examines Ronsard’s participation in the heated paragone debate between poets and painters: the Renaissance contest for superiority in the ranking of the arts that emerged in counterpoint to the parity-centered, pseudo-Horatian principle of ut pictura poesis (“as is painting, so is poetry”).The book explores issues that, despite their… Continue reading…
The first book to link these five filmmakers together through an analysis of the relationship between filming one’s own body and the creative body. Through engaged artistic practices, these female filmmakers turn the camera to their bodies as a way to show the process of artistic creation and to produce… Continue reading…
François Villon, one of the greatest lyric poets of the late Middle Ages, lived on the margins of French society and died in obscurity. The details of Villon’s life, including his disappearance after being exiled from Paris, are a puzzle that has occupied scholars throughout the twentieth century. His poems… Continue reading…
Documentación con lujo de detalles de una serie de producciones montadas en el Coliseo del Buen Retiro en Madrid durante el reinado del primero de los Borbones, Felipe V. Esta nueva colección de documentos sobre teatro palaciego en Madrid, provenientes de los ricos fondos del Archivo General de Palacio y… Continue reading…
Si hay un concepto definidor del siglo XVIII este es el de buen gusto. Mas el termino ha de explicarse a partir de las acepciones y teorias formuladas en Europa en torno a la nocion de gusto. Este libro trata de analizar el problema del buen gusto en sus relaciones… Continue reading…
Spanning Colombian film productions from the early 1900s through 2011, in particular films resulting from the 2003 law on Filmmaking, this book discusses the possibilities of Colombian filmmaking in the transnational market. Suárez examines the wide selection of films through the lens of cultural studies, giving rise to a discussion… Continue reading…
Calíope is a critical journal published by the Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry and dedicated to the scholarly examination of the poetry of Spain and the Americas during the Renaissance, Baroque, and Colonial periods. Calíope is dedicated to promoting scholarship and scholarly exchange about the poetic production of the early modern… Continue reading…
Bringing together contributions from some of the leading experts in the field of Spanish as a Heritage Language, this volume aims to provide an in-depth understanding of current and emerging trends in research and praxis. To this end, the volume is divided into three thematic units. The first unit surveys… Continue reading…
