Ariel / José Enrique Rodó, translation, reader's reference, and annotated bibliography by Margaret Sayers Peden, foreword by James W. Symington, prologue by Carlos Fuentes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodó, José Enrique, 1871-1917, author.

Contributor:

Fuentes, Carlos, Contributor.

Peden, Margaret Sayers.

Symington, James, Contributor.

Series:

Texas Pan American Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rodó, José Enrique, 1871-1917.

Rodó, José Enrique.

Social ethics.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (157 pages)

Place of Publication:

Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, 1988.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Contributors

Prologue

ARIEL

Reader's Reference

Annotated Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Rodó, José Enrique, 1871-1917. Ariel. English. Ariel.

ISBN:

0-292-75711-5

OCLC:

1280943804