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Collección
de Cibertextos
Virtual
library of Spanish Classics, ranging from the Cantar de Mio
Cid to Leopoldo Alas Clarin´s La Regenta. Under
the direction of Prof. Miguel Garci-Gómez, Duke University.
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Jarchas
mozaribe
Introduction by Emilio Garcia Gomez and text of
30 jarchas. Transcriptions from the Arabic and readings of each
text by a number of scholars available.
Jarchas
mozarabes in English
Translated
and edited by Samuel G. Armistead and James J. Wilhelm.
Cantar de Mio Cid
Extensive resource from teh University of Texas, including an oral rendering of the entire text, accompanied by scanned images of the original manuscript.
Cantar
de Mio Cid
Electronic
and interactive edition of Cantar de Mio Cid. Only the
text
and a concordance are available.
Gonzalo
de Berceo's Complete Works
A
very comprehesive site on the first known Spanish poet. Complete
works, biography, introduction to the historical and literary
background, glossary, sources, gallery, studies, among other features.
Juan
Ruiz's Libro de Buen Amor
Complete text of the Arcipreste's masterpiece,
reproducing the edition of Clasicos Castellanos. Introduction
and a short bibliography available.
Don
Juan Manuel's Conde de Lucanor
The prologue and a few exemplos from the Conde
de Lucanor.
Alfonso
X´s Cantigas de Santa María
A
very complete site. Facsimilies, illuminations, transcriptions
and related links, from music samples to translations.
Jorge
Manrique´s Coplas por la muerte de su padre
Text
of the Coplas, along with Rafael Alberti´s reading
and Paco Ibañez´s singing of the poem (a low-quality,
32Kbps MP3, requires Windows Media Player).
Fernando
de Rojas´s La Celestina
Electronic
and interactive edition of La Celestina elaborated by the
renowned
Rojas scholar Prof. Garci-Gómez, Duke University. This
annotated edition includes, among other features, a search engine,
a concordance, explanations of words within its semantic fields,
a list and explanation of proverbs and idioms, a bibliography,
a collection of essays by Prof. Garci-Gómez, and an electronic
forum.
Garcilaso
de la Vega´s Poetry
The
Amigos de Garcilaso de la Vega´s Site. Complete works, biography,
bibliography, historical background, electronic forum, etc. “A
meeting point for the world Garcilasistas.”
Lazarillo
de Tormes
Complete
text, along with introductory essays about the picarescaand
the pícaro.
Fray
Luis de León
Text
of all his original poems, as established by Juan Francisco Alcina
in his edition for Cátedra. English translations of all
the poems. None of his translations of the Song of Songs are
available.
San
Juan de la Cruz
Text
of all his poems, as established by Francisco Yndurain in his
edition for Cátedra. English translations of all the poems.
None of his commentaries are available, only the second versión
of the Cántico espiritual is included.
Mateo
Alemán´s Guzmán de Alfarache
Complete
text of Alemán´s novel. Edited by Prof. Garci-Gómez.
A concordance is available.
Miguel
de Cervantes´s Complete Works
Site
built by the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares. It contains
links to the Complete Works of Miguel de Cervantes, divided into
three categories: Narrative, Drama and Poetry. The texts have
no notes, although all preliminary texts are included. Among other
features, a search engine to find a particular word, an electronic
forum, and a list related links are available.
Cervantes
Digital Library
Site
built under the direction of Dr. Eduardo Urbina, Texas A&M
University. Online searchable, browsable, and browsable graphic
editions, along with translations, are available. Rudolph Schevill
and Adolfo Bonilla´s (1914-1941), and Florencio Sevilla
Arroyo and Antonio Rey Hazas´s (1993-1995) editions of Cervantes´s
Complete Works. Facsimilies of the Princeps editions (1605, 1615).
Miguel
de Cervantes´s La Galatea
Under
the direction of Prof. Miguel Garci-Gómez. Text and concordance
available.
Miguel
de Cervantes´s Don Quijote de la Mancha
Annotated
text as established in the so-called definite edition directed
by Francisco Rico for Editorial Crítica. All footnotes
and end notes in the paper edition are reproduced here. Unfortunately,
it is difficult to identify the primary and secondary works cited
in the notes, as no bibliography seems to have been included.
Luis
de Góngora at Brown University
Site
built by a member of the Hispanic Studies Department at Brown
University. Texts, links, search engine available.
Luis
de Gongora´s Poetry
Texts
of all the poems by Luis de Góngora, as established in
a number of scholarly editions.
Luis
de Gongora´s “Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea”
Text
as established by Anita Arroyo in her edition of Poesías
de Luis de Góngora for Porrúa. No notes, no
English translation.
Luis
de Góngora´s Soledades
Text
as established by Anita Arroyo in her edition of Poesías
de Luis de Góngora for Porrúa. No notes, no
English translation.
Luis
de Góngora´s “Fabula de Píramo y Tisbe”
Annotated
edition, with a very complete series of footnotes that cite a
great number of texts of the time. Among others, the commentaries
of Pellicer, Salazar Mardones y Jammes are used to explain difficult
passages.
Lope
de Vega´s Poetry
Most
of his poems, texts from a number of scholarly editions.
Lope
de Vega´s La dama boba
Text
and concordance available.
Lope
de Vega´s El caballero de Olmedo
Edited
by Prof. Garci-Gómez. Text and concordance available.
Lope
de Vega´s Fuenteovejuna
Edited
by Prof. Garci-Gómez. Text and concordance available.
Lope
de Vega´s Peribañez
Edited
by Prof. Garci-Gómez. Text and concordance available.
Francisco
de Quevedo´s Poetry
All
his poems, texts from a number of scholarly editions. No notes
provided.
Quevedo´s
El buscón
Edited
by Prof. Garci-Gómez. Text and concordance available.
Pedro
Calderón de la Barca
Site
built under the direction of Prof. Evangelina Rodríguez
Cuadros, Universidad de Valencia. Among other features, studies,
essays, gallery of images, multimedia and a collection of related
links are available.
Calderón´s
La vida es sueño
Reproduces
the text in Evangelina Rodríguez Cuadros´s edition
for Espasa Calpe.
Calderón´s
El alcalde de Zalamea
Reproduces
the text in Jose María Ruano de la Haza´s edition
for Espasa Calpe.
Calderón´s
El gran teatro del mundo
Edited
by Miguel Garci-Gómez. Text and concordance available.
Projecto
Mariano José de Larra
Site
devoted to Larra´s work. Complete text of more than fifty
articles,
bibliography, online papers, among other features.
José
Zorrilla´s Don Juan Tenorio
Digital
edition resulting from the study of a number of previous scholarly
editions.
Manuscript
of Don Juan Tenorio
Digital
reproduction of the Ms.2002 of the Real Academia Española.
Gustavo
Adolfo Becquer´s Rimas
Complete
poems of the Sevillian poet.
Gustavo
Adolfo Becquer´s Leyendas
Text
of all of Becquer´s tales.
Rosalia
de Castro´s Selected Poems
Selection
of Rosalía de Castro´s poems. Includes the original
text in Galego and a Spanish translation of the poems from Cantares
gallegos and Follas novas.
Benito
Pérez Galdós´s Work
Complete
texts of all his Episodios nacionales, novels and plays.
It also includes a biography, online articles, audio files, a
gallery of images,
and a concordance.
Leopoldo
Alas´s La Regenta
Complete
text of Alas´s masterpiece. Includes Benito Pérez
Galdos´s “Prologue” and audio files of some of
the first chapters.
Leopoldo
Alas's Work
Complete
texts of Clarín´s novels, articles, essays, reviews
and short stories. Audio files, manuscripts, electronic forum
and concordance available.
Emilia
Pardo Bazan´s Works
Complete
texts of Los pazos de Ulloa and La madre naturaleza,
along with some other fiction and a few critical essays. Electronic
forum available.
(Note: Due to copyright restrictions, it becomes increasingly difficult to find online editions of works belonging to this period.)
Miguel
de Unamuno
Site
devoted to Miguel de Unamuno. Poems, images and essays, including “Del sentimiento trágico de la vida”, along with
a biography and articles about his work.
El
pasajero, journal
about Ramón del Valle Inclán
El
pasajero, online journal about Valle
Inclán and his work, elaborated by the Department de Filologia
Espanyola of the Universitat Autònoma de
Barcelona.
Abel
Martín,
journal about Antonio Machado
Site
devoted to the Sevillian poet. Online articles, student guide,
bibliography, related links, selected poems.
Antonio
Machado: A Basic Anthology
Fundación
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Site
devoted to the Andalusian poet. Biography, bibliography, related
links, selected poems.
Ramón
Gómez de la Serna
Site
devoted to his life and work. Biography, bibliography, news, newsletter,
electronic forum.
Pedro
Salinas´s Selected Poems
More
than fifty poems available.
Fundación
Jorge Guillén
Site
devoted to Jorge Guillén and his work.
Jorge
Guillén´s Selected Poems
More
than forty poems available.
Vicente
Aleixandre´s Selected Poems
More
than forty poems by the Andalusian 1977 Nobel Prize winner.
Federico
García Lorca
Site
devoted to the Andalusian poet. Biography, selected poems, related
links.
Federico
García Lorca´s Complete Works
Text
of Lorca´s complete works, as established in the Aguilar
edition.
Luis
Cernuda´s Selected Poems
More
than forty poems by the Sevillian poet.
Rafael
Alberti´s Selected Poems
More
than sixty poems by the Andalusian poet.
Fundación
Camilo José Cela
Site
devoted to the 1989 Nobel Prize winner. Biography, bibliography,
and other information available.
Jaime
Gil de Biedma
Almost
twenty of his best poems, along with a biography and a link to
an audio file of Gil de Biedma's reading of "Contra Gil de
Biedma"
José
Angel Valente
Text
of more than twenty of Valente's best poems.
Album
Pere Gimferrer
Site
built under the direction of Dr. Enric Bou, Brown University.
It explores the many faces of Gimferrer's rich work, from his
early poetry in Spanish to his production in Catalan.
Ana
Rossetti
Texts
and audio files of Rossetti's readings of a dozen of poems.
Javier
Marías
Javier
Marías official site. Biography, bibliography, reviews,
essays, articles, related links, electronic forum, etc.
LATIN
AMERICAN
General
Colonial
19th-Century
Contemporary
Latin American Women Writers 
Full-text literary works by Latin American women writers.
Archivo
General de Indias en Sevilla
La colección más grande de documentos
provenientes de los tres siglos de dominación española
en las Américas.
Christopher
Columbus's Diary
Extracts
from Colón's first voyage. In English.
Hernán
Cortés's "Segunda Carta de Relación"
Long
extracts from Cortés's second report to Charles V. In English.
Visión
de los vencidos
Complete
text of Miguel León Portilla's annotated collection of
indigenous chronicles of the Spanish conquest of México.
Bartolomé
de las Casas's Brevísima relación de la destrucción
de las Indias
Complete
text of las Casas's denounciation of the Spanish Conquest. Available
as HTML and downloadable PDF files.
Alvar
Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's Naufragios
Complete
text of Cabeza de Vaca's account of his expedition and wanderings.
PDF.
Inca
Garcilaso de la Vega
Site
devoted to the great historian. Biography, video file, reproduction
of the title pages of the first editions to his works, link to
the complete texts of his translation of Leon Hebreo's Love
Dialogues and La Florida(now under revision).
Guamán
Poma de Ayala's El primer Nueva corónica y buen gobierno
Digital
reproduction of the complete manuscript of Guamán Poma's
Work. Under the direction of Prof. Rolena Adorno, Yale University.
The
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Project
Site
built by the Dartmouth College Spanish Department. Text of Sor
Juana's Complete Works, search engine, biography, bibliography
(unfortunately, only up to 1998), etc.
Sor
Juana Inés's "Primero sueño"
Complete
text of Sor Juana's most important poem.
Sor
Juana Ines's "Respuesta a Sor Filotea"
Complete
text of Sor Juana Ines's defense.
Domingo
Faustino Sarmiento's Vida de Juan Facundo Quiroga
Complete
text of Sarmiento's work about American "civilización
y barbarie."
Alberto
Blest Gana 's Martín Rivas
Complete
text of Blest Gana's novel.
José
Hernández's Martín Fierro
Complete
texts of Martín Fierroand La vuelta de Martín
Fierro, in HTML and PDF.
José
Asunción Silva
More
than forty poems by the Colombian poet.
José
Martí
Complete
poems by Martí, and a selection of his prose.
Julián
del Casal
Selected
poems and biography available.
Dariana
Site
devoted to Rubén Dario. Selected poems, biography, bibliography,
etc.
José
Rodó
Links
to the complete text of Ariel and other works, online articles
and sites devoted to Rodó.
Roberto Artl
Biography, bibliography of primary and secondary sources, gallery of images, related links.
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Biography, related links.
The Jorge Luis Borges Collection at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Description of the collection at the University of Virginia with examples of manuscript images.
Borges Collection, University of Notre Dame
Searchable site with images of manuscripts, title pages, book covers.
Borges Guides
Excerpts from the Dictionary of Borges by Evelyn Fishburn and Psiche Hughes, available online as PDF downloads.
Borgesian Cyclopedia
Excerpts from books, copies of articles, interviews.
Jorge Luis Borges: The Garden of Forking Paths
Portal of online papers and articles, communities, book reviews, links.
Jorge Luis Borges Center for Studies and Documentation, University of Iowa
This official website includes bibliografía cronológica de la obra de Jorge Luis Borges and an excellent book reviews section.
The Life and Works of Jorge Luis Borges
A database of materials on Borges, including manuscripts and letters, books, periodicals, photographs, audio and video recordings and newspaper clippings. It includes full-text search capability (although not all of his works), primary and secondary bibliography, and a topical encyclopedia relating to Borges' work.
La vida y la obra de Jorge Luis Borges
A bio-bibliographical page with links to full-text of four works; also includes news, suggested reading, filmography.
Centro de estudios y documentación Jorge Luis Borges
Bibliographical database of Borges studies, online articles, book reviews, electronic journal, and more.
Alcides Arguedas's Raza de bronce
Selections from the Chilean novel. Complete version in a PDF available.
Alejo Carpentier
Biography and texts of "El camino a Santiago", "Viaje a la semilla" and "Semejante a la noche."
Julio Cortázar
La Pagina de Julio Cortázar
Chronology of Cortázar's life and works. Links to photos and other sites.
El perseguidor
Biography, bibliography, online texts, films, audio, links to other sites.
La página de los enlaces a Julio Cortázar
Catedra Latinoamericana Julio Cortázar
Official site of the research center created in 1993 at the Universidad de Guadalajara. Includes history, activities, participants, etc.
Interview with Julio Cortázar by Evelyn Picon Garfield
Hosted by the Center for Book Culture.org.
Oliverio Girondo
Biography, essays about his work, bibliography, audiofiles, gallery of images and related links.
Vicente Huidobro
Complete poems, manuscripts, biography, bibliography, essays about Huidobro's work and time, related links, etc.
Lezama Lima
Biography and bibliography available.
Luis Palés Matos
Biography and twenty poems available.
Gabriela Mistral
Around twenty poems available, along with a biography and a bibliography.
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Biography, selected poems, audio files of Neruda's readings, interview, studies, and more.
134 poemas de Neruda
Horacio
Quiroga
Includes
a few short stories and his "Decálogo del perfecto
cuentista."
José Eustasio Rivera's La vorágine
Complete
text of Rivera's novel. Free registration required.
Juan Rulfo
Juan Rulfo
Biography, bibliography, interview, online articles, gallery of Rulfo´s photography, newsletter and more. This site requires Flash.
Juan Rulfo´s Pedro Páramo
Biography and complete texts of Rulfo´s novel and five short-stories: "Nos han dado la tierra", "Es que somos muy pobres", "Macario", "¡Diles que no me maten!" and "El llano en llamas."
César Vallejo
Biography, historical background and the text of a dozen of poems.
Mario Vargas Llosa
Biography, bibliography, related links and text of his short-story "Los jefes."
José
Vasconcelos's "La raza cósmica"
Complete
text of Vasconcelos's essay.
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Last updated on September 24, 2007