Seems you have not registered as a member of localhost.saystem.shop!
You may have to register before you can download all our books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Science on Stage in Early Modern Spain
Science on Stage in Early Modern Spain features essays by leading scholars in the fields of literary studies and the history of science, exploring the relationship between technical innovations and theatrical events that incorporated scientific content into dramatic productions. Focusing on Spanish dramas between 1500 and 1700, through the birth and development of its playhouses and coliseums and the phenomenal success of its major writers, this collection addresses a unique phenomenon through the most popular, versatile, and generous medium of the time. The contributors tackle subjects and disciplines as diverse as alchemy, optics, astronomy, acoustics, geometry, mechanics, and mathematics to reveal how theatre could be used to deploy scientific knowledge. While Science on Stage contributes to cultural and performance studies it also engages with issues of censorship, the effect of the Spanish Inquisition on the circulation of ideas, and the influence of the Eastern traditions in Spain.
Crosscurrents
The term "crosscurrents" seems especially fitting for a volume of essays that explores the cultural exchanges that resulted from the encounter between Spain and the New World. The nautical metaphor alludes to the actual crossing of ships that occurred during the discovery, conquest, and colonization of the Americas by the Spanish as it emphasizes the changes that occurred at these cultural intersections.
A Cultural History of Law in the Early Modern Age
Opened up by the revival of Classical thought but riven by the violence of the Reformation and Counter Reformation, the terrain of Early Modern law was constantly shifting. The age of expansion saw unparalleled degrees of internal and external exploration and colonization, accompanied by the advance of science and the growing power of knowledge. A Cultural History of Law in the Early Modern Age, covering the period from 1500 to 1680, explores the war of jurisdictions and the slow and contested emergence of national legal traditions in continental Europe and in Britannia. Most particularly, the chapters examine the European quality of the Western legal traditions and seek to link the political project of Anglican common law, the mos britannicus, to its classical European language and context. Drawing upon a wealth of textual and visual sources, A Cultural History of Law in the Early Modern Age presents essays that examine key cultural case studies of the period on the themes of justice, constitution, codes, agreements, arguments, property and possession, wrongs, and the legal profession.
Encyclopedia of the Sixties [2 volumes]
Comedian Robin Williams said that if you remember the '60s, you weren't there. This encyclopedia documents the people, places, movements, and culture of that memorable decade for those who lived it and those who came after. Encyclopedia of the Sixties: A Decade of Culture and Counterculture surveys the 1960s from January 1960 to December 1969. Nearly 500 entries cover everything from the British television cult classic The Avengers to the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement. The two-volume work also includes biographies of artists, architects, authors, statesmen, military leaders, and cinematic stars, concentrating on what each individual accomplished during the 1960s, with brief posts...
Aspectos actuales del hispanismo mundial
The two volumes gather the most important findings of the nine sessions held at the Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas (AIH) conference in Münster, Germany, in 2016. The contributions focus, for example, on convergences and divergences between the holy and profane in medieval literature, on the constitution and construction of the "I" in Siglo de oro prose and poetry, or on the importance of space in theatre. Other central topics are transitions (in 18th- and 19th-century literature), crises and disruptions (in modern and contemporary literature), as well as transculturations and transitory identities (in view of Latin America). The volumes also contain five plenary talks and sessions discussing cinema and new media, history and culture between government and opposition, as well as language with regard to its ideological and interactive qualities.
Literatura y cultura italianas entre Humanismo y Renacimiento
La vida cultural y la actividad intelectual en la Italia del período del Humanismo y del Renacimiento constituye uno de los momentos más brillantes en la historia del país transalpino. Este extraordinario movimiento de renovación cultural, artística y filosófica selló el momento de ruptura y oposición respecto al pensamiento medieval e inauguró una nueva concepción del hombre y de la difusión del saber que tanto habría de influir en el resto de Europa. El movimiento de renovación cultural que había empezado como un estudio de la antigüedad clásica grecolatina y de las humanae litterae en el siglo XV alcanzó su plenitud artística y literaria en la primera mitad del siglo XVI...
El teatro en tiempos de Isabel y Juana (1474 -1517)
Este libro obecede al estudio del teatro áureo, que empezaba su andadura en tiempos de Isabel y Juana, reinas de Castilla y Aragón, quedó relegado durante siglos a los anaqueles de las bibliotecas. Recientemente lo hemos recuperado en su plenitud estética como muestran los escritos contenidos en este libro.
