Ariel (Texas Pan American Series) - Softcover

Rodó, José Enrique

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292703961 ISBN 13: 9780292703964

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1988

Synopsis

First published in 1900 Uruguay, Ariel is Latin America's most famous essay on esthetic and philosophical sensibility, as well as its most discussed treatise on hemispheric relations. Though Rodó protested the interpretation, his allegorical conflict between Ariel, the lover of beauty and truth, and Caliban, the evil spirit of materialism and positivism, has come to be regarded as a metaphor for the conflicts and cultural differences between Latin America and the United States. Generations of statesmen, intellectuals, and literary figures have been formed by this book, either in championing its teachings or in reacting against them. This edition of Ariel, prepared especially with teachers and students in mind, contains a reader's guide to names, places, and important movements, as well as notes and a comprehensive annotated English/Spanish bibliography.

About this title

Book Description:

Ariel is a long essay by the Uruguayan critic José Enrique Rodó (1871-1917) which emphasizes spiritual values as against exclusively materialist progress. This edition contains the Spanish text of the essay, with a long introduction, based on extensive research in the Rodó Archives.

About the Author:

Margaret Sayers Peden is a distinguished critic and translator of Latin American literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0292703961
• ISBN 13: 9780292703964
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156