Hugues Aufray revisits Bob Dylan - 'New Yorker', 2009
Recently released in France is NEW YORKER (Mercury, 2009, 532 279 8 – www.huguesaufray.com), the third album of Dylan covers by the veteran French singer Hugues Aufray (the previous two are AUFRAY CHANTE DYLAN, a single album from 1965, and AUFRAY TRANS DYLAN from 1995, a double CD featuring re-recordings of the 1965 songs plus new material).   This time too, Aufray has for the most part chosen the re-recording route, but introducing a new element in the form of duets, with well-known singers, French or France-resident (or in one case, a trio).

‘Dictionnaire des littérat‘Dictionnaire des littératures hispaniques: Espagne et Amérique lat
Me permito señalaros una nueva obra de referencia, salida ahora en Francia : ‘Dictionnaire des littératures hispaniques: Espagne et Amérique latine’, ed. Jordi Bonells – París: Robert Laffont (Bouquins), 2009, xii + 1636 págs. Se trata de un volumen monumental, rebosante de informaciones e ilustrando un enorme abanico de escritores y géneros de la literatura hispana. Más adelante, seguramente lo reseñaré: por ahora lo recomiendo para la biblioteca de cualquier estudioso o apasionado de la literatura que domine los dos idiomas, castellano y francés.   I draw your attention to a new work of reference, recently pub

SEMANA GÓTICA DE MADRID, 24-X a I-XI 2009
Entre el 24 de octubre y el 1 de noviembre de 2009 se desarrollará, en la capital española, la muy interesante y evocadora SEMANA GÓTICA. A continuación reproducimos, con el beneplácito de la organización, los carteles y folletos oficiales.

WALTER BENJAMIN RESEARCH SYNDICATE site: reviewed by REVISTA CRÍTICA DE CIÊNCIAS SOCIAIS (PORTUGAL
I am pleased to have just discovered that at: www.ces.uc.pt/publicacoes/rccs/artigos/75/RCCS75-Espaco%20Virtual-179-180.pdf, the Portuguese journal based in Coimbra, Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais - http://www.ces.uc.pt/publicacoes/rccs/  in its No 75 (Outubro 2006), p. 180, featured an appreciative review in Portuguese, by José Manuel Mendes of the site

COURSE ON JOSÉ SARAMAGO FOR TEACHERS OF PORTUGUESE (AZORES): INCLUDES MY ORWELL/SARAMAGO ARTICLE
I am pleased to note that my article:   -     'How totalitarianism begins at home: Saramago and George Orwell', in In Dialogue with Saramago: Essays in Comparative Literature, eds. Mark Sabine and Adriana Alves de Paula Martins, Manchester: University of Manchester, 2006, pp. 105-120; http://yatrarollason.info/files/SaramagoandOrwell.pdf (see this blog, entries: 25-4, 30-5 and 26-7 2006)   has been included in the reading list for the course 'Descobrir Saramago' ('Discove