The feminine, or 'Woman,' was one of the main inspirations in Modernismo's expression, and the still current exclusion of women poets from this movement's canon is contrary to its own foundational concepts of innovation, rupture and the importance of personal expression. This book examines the philosophical and epistemological underpinnings of Modernismo to show that there were indeed women who expressed beauty, broke with tradition and, in their search for a female Modernista voice, were inn...

Who are we? Who are we together? And who am I?

We are on this world together. Yet there is every single one of us making choices, making friends, making memories. Life is full of experiences, full of lessons. This book is a personal essay in which Helen Nurdina de Graaff (1999) shows the beauty of vulnerability. She explores life lessons of living in 2019’s London and during 2020’s corona pandemic. She explores imaginations for the future. She explores the ways humans come together or dri...

Dividuals explores the other side, or hidden side of modern subjectivity, as seen in (mostly four) early modern Spanish classics. Veering away from the hypertrophied notions of individuality and identity, which constitute the bases of our own post-humanism and even anti-humanism, this essay looks into how, as humans, and as humanists, we have a long history of showing dividuality, a never-ending split in our beings. The split manifests itself in the humanist’s split between historicist, soc...

Amy Williamsen (1959-2019) was a beloved teacher, scholar, colleague and mentor to those fortunate enough to have known and worked with her during her magnificent career at Occidental College (1985-1989), the University of Arizona (1989-2011), and the University of North Carolina Greensboro (2011-2019). Her impressive publication record includes the monograph Co(s)mic Chaos: Exploring Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda (Juan de la Cuesta, 1994), five co-edited volumes (The University Press...

Amy Williamsen (1959-2019) was a beloved teacher, scholar, colleague and mentor to those fortunate enough to have known and worked with her during her magnificent career at Occidental College (1985-1989), the University of Arizona (1989-2011), and the University of North Carolina Greensboro (2011-2019). Her impressive publication record includes the monograph Co(s)mic Chaos: Exploring Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda (Juan de la Cuesta, 1994), five co-edited volumes (The University Press...

One day I saw the movie "Hector in search of happiness". In this movie, a psychiatrist travels the world in search of what happiness is, in order to be able to make his patients happy again.

His project fascinated me and not long after I had started my own project. For one year I have asked my friends, family & people I met two questions in either Dutch or English, the English ones being "What is your definition of happiness?" and "What to you is love?".

This book contains all the answers I...

La notion de forme continue à susciter des débats théoriques dans les études littéraires et dans l’esthétique. Qu’est-ce qu’une forme, au juste? Le consensus sur une définition n’est pas près de s’imposer, d’autant plus que les théoriciens qui s’intéressent à cette notion ont des formations disciplinaires diverses (en linguistique, lettres ou philosophie) et peinent souvent à s’entendre. Comme l’a rappelé récemment Patrice Maniglier dans une défense vigoureuse...