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La Historia del Almirante reúne una sucinta biografía de Cristóbal Colón y una extensa relación de sus cuatro viajes a América. Escrito por su hijo Hernando Colón, el texto destaca por la impronta de velado misterio y fascinante aventura, lejos de configurarse como una acumulación de datos históricos. Aunque la obra ha sido objeto de polémica por la dudosa autoría del apartado biográfico y el enaltecimiento de la figura del Almirante, no cabe duda de que este libro es «un texto fundamental para la historiografía del descubrimiento», como lo demuestra el prólogo de Pedro Insua...

La devoción de Juan Soldado no tiene nada de excepcional, incluso si muchos (o la mayoria) de nosotros no hemos visto ni experimentado jamás una práctica de ese tipo. En realidad, hay una larga, fascinante historia detrás de esta clase de entusiasmos que impregnan la trama del cristianismo y de otras religiones.

n the last decades—and especially since the 1990s—there has been a noticeable reemergence of the nineteenth century in Southern Cone culture. Popular nineteenth-century figures (indios, gauchos, letrados, and cautivas) have reentered the national literary scene in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Nineteenth-century heroes such as San Martín and Artigas are again the main protagonists of Southern Cone theater, film, and literature. Canonical nineteenth-century texts (La cautiva, Martín Fierro, Facundo) are being rewritten one more time in different artistic fields. Foundational...

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