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This America We Dream of
Rodo and "Ariel" One Hundred Years on
Jose Enrique Rodo (1871-1917) is a key figure in the history of Latin American culture. His best known work is ’Ariel’, an influential essay published a hundred years ago in his native Montevideo. Partly inspired by Spain’s defeat over Cuba and Puerto Rico two years earlier, ’Ariel’ is the subcontinent’s foremost call for a concerted Latin Americanism to counter the cultural impact of the United States, and has influenced later interpretations of that relationship. The essays gathered in this volume provide a complex view of Rodo and make a significant contribution to the current renewal of interest in the work of a writer whose message is likely to need further reinterpreting efforts well into the second centenary of ’Ariel’. Contributors include: Iain A.D. Stewart, University of St. Andrews; Jason Wison, University College, London; Gordon Brotherston, Stanford University; Stephen M. Hart, University College, London; Stephen G.H. Roberts, University of Nottingham.
115 pages | 6 x 9 | © 2001
Institute of Latin American Studies
Literature and Literary Criticism: General Criticism and Critical Theory
Political Science: Political and Social Theory
Table of Contents
Introduction Gustavo San Roman 1. Rodo, the Generation of 1837 and Juan Carlos Gomez: Iain A. D. Stewart 2. Replay of Plato: Rodo, Dario and Poetry Jason Wilson 3. Rodo Views his Continent Gordon Brotherston 4. Rodo and Marti Stephen M. Hart 5. The Reception of Ariel in Spain: Rodo, Unamuno and the Emergence of the Modern Intellectual Stephen G. H. Roberts 6. Rodo in the United Kingdom, or the Power of an Eloquent Summary Gustavo San Roman