The island of Doctor Moreau and the ‘therians’
August Corominas reflects on human and animal identity, and scientific ethics, in the article “The Island of Doctor Moreau and the ‘Therians'”
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Category: Literature
Everything is in the classics
Mariàngela Vilallonga defends the value of the humanities, the role that the Catalan language should play, and the ongoing dialogue with the classics, in an extensive interview published in “La Revista” of the Ateneo de Acción Cultural
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When Freud met Cervantes
Francisco López Muñoz and Francisco Pérez Fernández explore Sigmund Freud’s interest in classical literature, and in particular, in the world of madness created by Miguel de Cervantes in his work, in the article “Psychoanalysis, Quixotes, and Enchanted Dogs: When Freud Encountered Cervantes.”
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The scientific sources of Cervantes’ “madnesses”
Francisco López Muñoz takes office as a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Castilla-La Mancha, with the speech “Bajo la sombra de Moria: Cervantes y sus fuentes científicas en el ámbito de la medicina de la mente” (Under the shadow of Moria: Cervantes and his scientific sources in the field of mind medicine)
Read MoreTorralba wins the Josep Pla Prize with ‘Anatomia de l’esperança’
Francesc Torralba, winner of the Josep Pla Prize awarded by the Destino publishing house, for the work “Anatomia de l’esperança”, within the framework of the traditional gala held on Three Kings’ Day in Barcelona
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The legendary corsair Amaro Pargo
Francisco López Muñoz and Francisco Pérez Fernández explore the figure of the legendary Canarian privateer Amaro Pargo in the article “Amaro Pargo y el tesoro hecho de sueño” (Amaro Pargo and the Treasure Made of Dreams), the second in the “Corsair Chronicles” series, published in “Proa a la mar,” the magazine of the Royal Spanish Naval League
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