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Good. No Jacket as Issued. A2-A Spanish language 2nd edition trade paperback ex-library book in good+ to very good-condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with minor overall shelf wear with the usual library stamp on the top outside paper edges plus some tanning of the outside paper edges. Sometimes a date, an anecdote or curiosity about an author can awaken interest in a book. Twentieth century literature is fascinating, and the best way to enjoy it is to understand the literary trends guided it, the thoughts and the characters that distinguished it. Luis Blanco Vila orders, contextualizes and explains with facility and fluency the most importantant literary works and writers of the last hundred years. This book not only provides a general and essential panoramoa of contemporary literature, but invites the reader to unfamiliar and exciting reading. The collection 'Contado con Sencillez' (Told with Simplicity) in a clear and entertaining history of the most important twentieth century covers: literature, music, film, football, the universe. Born in Boiro (A Coruña), Spain. Luis Blanco Vila Romáanica has a Ph.D. in Romance Philology and a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and is Professor of The Theory of Literature at the San Pablo-CEU University in Madrid, and has combined journalism-as a correspondent in Paris and Rome-with the teaching of Contemporary World Literature. He has also been a professor of post-graduate courses in Library and Information Science. Among his more than twenty published books of fiction, essays and research, are 'Dos días antes y otras antiguallas' (Two Days Earlier and Other Antiquities), 'Diálogo con las sombras' (Dialogue with Shadows), 'Memorias de un gato tonto' (Memoirs of a Silly Cat) and 'El último vuelo del Principito' (The Last Flight of the Prince), his most recent novel as of 1999. He has received the Café Gijón, Felipe Trigo and EDEBÉ literary awards. His literary studies 'Para leer a Camilo José Cela' (Reading Camilo José Cela) and the more recent 'La crisis de las ideas en el fin-de-siglo' (The Crisis of Ideas at the End of the Century) have already become necessasry reading. His work as translator, reviewer and editor of the 'Leyes y Letras' (Law and Letters) collection of classical literature and Renaissance humanists studies is important and includes works on St. Augustine, Machiavelli, Erasmus, Thomas More, Juan Luis Vives, Montaigne, Montesquieu, Goethe, Chateaubriand, Prosper Mérimée, among others. A veces una fecha, una anécdota o un dato curioso sobre un autor nos puede despertar el interés por un libro. La literatura del siglo XX es fascinante, y la mejor forma de disfrutarla es entendiendo las corrientes literarias que la condujeron, los pensamientos y los personajes que la determinaron. Luis Blanco Vila ordena, contextualiza y explica con amenidad y fluidez las obras y los escritores más importantes de los últimos cien años. Este libro no sólo nos brinda un panoramoa general e imprescindible de la literatura contemporánea, sino que nos invita a nuevas y apasionantes lecturas. La colección 'Contado con Sencillez' recorre de forma clara y entretenida la historia de los temas más relevantes del siglo XX: la literatura, la música, el cine, el fútbol, el universo. Nacido en Boiro (A Coruña), España. Luis Blanco Vila es doctor en Filología Románica, licenciado en Periodismo y catedrático de Teoría de la Literatura en la Universidad San Pablo-CEU de Madrid, y ha simultaneado el periodismo-corresponsal en París y Roma-con la docencia de la Literatura Universal Contemporánea. Ha sido también profesor de los cursos de doctorado, Biblioteconomía y Documentación. Entre sus más de viente libros publicados de narrativa, ensayo e investigación, figuran 'Dos días antes y otras antiguallas', 'Diálogo con las sombras', 'Memorias de un gato tonto' y 'El último vuelo del Principito', su última novela por ahora (1999). Ha obtenido los...
