Early 20th-Century Latin American Travel Writing: Postcards for a Lost Utopia

Early 20th-Century Latin American Travel Writing: Postcards for a Lost Utopia

This essay offers a historically-contextualized reading of three travel narratives by the foremost early 20th-century Latin American authors: the Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat Rubén Darío (1867-1916), the Dominican literary critic and historian Pedro Henríquez Ureña (1884-1946), and the...

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Main Author: Gorica Majstorovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fabio D'Angelo 2019-03-01
Series:Viaggiatori
Subjects:
Latin American travel writing; mass culture; utopia
Online Access:http://www.viaggiatorijournal.com/cms/cms_files/20190331034044_sxqu.pdf
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spelling doaj-e7d4caaf42f24f8f80f177fe92c133cb2020-11-24T21:13:33ZengFabio D'AngeloViaggiatori2532-73642532-76232019-03-012222924610.26337/2532-7623/MAJSTOROVICEarly 20th-Century Latin American Travel Writing: Postcards for a Lost UtopiaGorica Majstorovic0Stockton UniversityThis essay offers a historically-contextualized reading of three travel narratives by the foremost early 20th-century Latin American authors: the Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat Rubén Darío (1867-1916), the Dominican literary critic and historian Pedro Henríquez Ureña (1884-1946), and the Argentine writer Ricardo Güiraldes (1886-1927). The essay places Latin American fiction, travelogues, and related texts within the broader framework of modernist mobilities, and it examines the role travel played in the disintegration of utopias and the incipient mass culture. http://www.viaggiatorijournal.com/cms/cms_files/20190331034044_sxqu.pdfLatin American travel writing; mass culture; utopia
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Latin American travel writing; mass culture; utopia
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title Early 20th-Century Latin American Travel Writing: Postcards for a Lost Utopia
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title_fullStr Early 20th-Century Latin American Travel Writing: Postcards for a Lost Utopia
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2532-7623
publishDate 2019-03-01
description This essay offers a historically-contextualized reading of three travel narratives by the foremost early 20th-century Latin American authors: the Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat Rubén Darío (1867-1916), the Dominican literary critic and historian Pedro Henríquez Ureña (1884-1946), and the Argentine writer Ricardo Güiraldes (1886-1927). The essay places Latin American fiction, travelogues, and related texts within the broader framework of modernist mobilities, and it examines the role travel played in the disintegration of utopias and the incipient mass culture.
topic Latin American travel writing; mass culture; utopia
url http://www.viaggiatorijournal.com/cms/cms_files/20190331034044_sxqu.pdf
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