Vision of Spanish America : Landscape, Utopia, Quixotism in the Essay and Novel

Abstract

The monograph is dedicated to the genre of essay in Spanish-American literature, outlines its typology and relates it to the Spanish-American novel. It focuses primarily at the following authors: Sarmiento, Martí, Rodó, Reyes, Henríquez Ureña, Martínez Estrada, Borges, Paz, J.

M. Arguedas, Roa Bastos, and others.

Keywords

• Spanish- American essay
• Spanish-American novel
• Utopia
• Alfonso Reyes
• Octavio Paz
• Borges