José Enrique Rodó
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Rodó is best known for his essay ''Ariel'' (1900), drawn from ''The Tempest'', in which Ariel represents the positive, and Caliban represents the negative tendencies in human nature, and they debate the future course of history, in what Rodó intended to be a secular sermon to Latin American youth, championing the cause of the classical western tradition. What Rodó was afraid of was the debilitating effect of working individuals' limited existence doing the same work, over and over again, never having time to develop the spirit. Among Uruguayan youth, however, he is best known for Parque Rodó, the Montevideo park named after him.
For more than a century now, ''Ariel'' has been an extraordinarily influential and enduring essay in Latin American letters and culture due to a combination of specific cultural, literary, and political circumstances, as well as for its adherence to Classical values and its denunciation of utilitarianism and what Rodó called "''nordomanía''" (explained below). Provided by Wikipedia
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12by Rodó, José Enrique, 1871-1917, Rodó, José Enrique, 1871-1917, Rodó, José Enrique, 1871-1917
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Published 1967
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Published 1944
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Published 1920
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Published 1941
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Published 1947
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20by Rodó, José Enrique, 1871-1917, Rodó, José Enrique, 1871-1917, Rodó, José Enrique, 1871-1917Other Authors: “...Rodó, José Enrique, 1871-1917...”
Published 1976
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