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Marcel Proust et l’imaginaire gothique
2020
By associating the imagination of progress with its corollary, permanent innovation, one has the feeling that modernity proceeds from a break with the past, as reflected by avant-garde artists. Nev...
Borges y Escher: el laberinto Barroco y las paradojas de la percepción del neo-Barroco
2016
En los laberintos barrocos se consuma el placer perverso de la complejidad artificiosa, el gusto por una arquitectura virtual que metaforice las infinitas trayectorias de un universo inextricable. Uno de los signos tangibles de la crisis neobarocca que aparece en la poética de Borges se puede encontrar sin lugar a dudas en la presencia de las metáforas geométricas del laberinto. También Escher, a través de sus representaciones gráficas del inestable equilibrio que existe entre ilusión y desilusión, entre descifración y duda ontológica, entre figuras posibles e imposibles, termina por inscribirse plenamente en el ámbito de la crisis neobarroca.
Classical and humanist works in the libraries of early modern Finland between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries
2009
This article examines the presence of classical, humanist and neo-humanist works in the libraries of the Magnus Ducatus of Finland between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. In this period, Sweden went from being a member of a Scandinavian union dominated by Denmark to an imperial power administering large areas of north-central Europe, only to be subsequently demoted to the role of a regional player increasingly tossed about by her neighbours, especially Russia. Despite economic, political, religious and cultural turbulence, international trends seem to have reached the Magnus Ducatus Finlandiae, both through Finns studying at key centres of learning and culture, and through reading b…
La tragedia española del Siglo de Oro en su contexto europeo: el canon trágico en Francia e Inglaterra
2017
Tragedy was born in Greece and was subsequently claimed and defended in Europe during the Renaissance and Baroque but, this being a gender as orthodox as changeable, it will be necessary to resort to a new reading of its components in order to adapt them to the reality of the Golden Age. Humanism promotes this recovery of the classical world and generates a significant literature on drama precepts that will not develop the same way in all European countries. While Italy and France opt for the acceptance and conversion of the ideas of Aristotle and Horace into style rules, Spain and England cannot fail to point out the dramatic dissonance between stage theory and practice, and, the aim of pl…
Œuvres complètes de Voltaire. Vol.30c: Œuvres de 1746-1748 (III) – Edited by Janet Godden et al.
2008
A Church without history? Luther and historical argument in the context of humanist polemics
2019
Sex and Prisons: Women and Spanish Penitentiary Reform, 1787-1808
2019
Whereas prisons had previously been thought of as transitory places for those awaiting trial, the new prison system aimed at the reformation of convicts. In Spain the first organisation set up to improve prison conditions was the Señoras de las Cárceles. This article shows how the Señoras attempted to erase the sexual aspect of women's prisons and create instead a morally acceptable space in which to educate female prisoners. Their practices reveal how changing ideas about punishment and education, sexuality and gender, entered the Spanish penal system, permeated civil society and facilitated the transition to a different legal regime.
«Desmontando» a Calderón: la dramaturgia crítica de Francisco Ruiz Ramón
2017
The study examines the critical point of view and research methodology that was applied by Francisco Ruiz Ramon (1930-2015) to analyze Spanish Theater, from its excellent Historia del teatro espanol (1967) to his latest research focused on Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681) and, especially, in its review as a contemporary classic in the history of European theater. To do it, the study pays particular attention to Ruiz Ramon’s biographical and academic circumstances and the critical currents that inspired its «Calderon reading» model, which contributed decisively in the renewal of Golden Age Theather historiography
"Mettre le soleil en bouteille" : les appareils de Mouchot et l'imaginaire solaire au début de la troisième République
2010
International audience; Dans l’imaginaire commun, le XIXe siècle reste associé au charbon. Le mineur incarne la figure du prolétaire et la machine à vapeur symbolise la révolution industrielle. Pourtant, on sait que cette prépondérance du charbon ne fut jamais totale, l’énergie hydraulique subsiste durablement et de multiples autres trajectoires technologiques et énergétiques ont été expérimentées. Au début de la Troisième République, alors que le régime s’appuie sur la science et la technique, un bref moment d’exaltation de l’énergie solaire et de ses possibilités d’avenir voit ainsi le jour. Devant la crainte de l’épuisement des gisements de houille, face à l’expansion impériale et aux né…
'Reyes, santos y maridos: personajes portugueses en el teatro español del Siglo de Oro'
2015
La realidad portuguesa forma parte del acervo temático del teatro español del Siglo de Oro, que destaca de los lusos su valor en la guerra y su exceso en la pasión. Las interacciones literarias se produjeron en dos sentidos: la tradición lusitana fue tratada en las piezas españolas, y los dramaturgos portugueses escribieron en castellano siguiendo a Lope de Vega en su Arte nuevo de hacer comedias en este tiempo (1609). Aunque la historia y la hagiografía serán las vertientes más explotadas debido a la repercusión de sus protagonistas, en otras ocasiones Portugal servirá de ambientación a conflictos universales. Reyes como don Afonso Henriques, don João II o don Sebastião protagonizan obras …