Martín Fierro

José Hernández

ALLCA XX, 2001 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1429 pages

A cargo de lida Lois y ngel N ez, la edici n del poema emblem tico de la literatura argentina, Mart n Fierro, de Jos Hern ndez, completa la misi n original de la colecci n Archivos: ofrecer ediciones acuciosamente cuidadas y con un aparato cr tico inmejorable, algunos de los t tulos cl sicos de la literatura hispanoamericana. Mart n Fierro es la historia de un regreso a casa y del recuerdo de un pasado casi m tico. Jorge Luis Borges advirti en este poema gauchesco la inevitable influencia hom rica y tambi n lo determinante que ser a Para su propia obra.

Contents

• Martin Fierro José Hernández: 503
• Lecturas del texto p: 731
• Dossier de la obra p: 837

About the author

The Gaucho Martin Fierro (1872) is a lyric epic poem written in praise of the gaucho way of life at a time when gauchos were looked on as curiosities or nuisances by the European-dominated Buenos Aires society. At the time, the gauchos were being swallowed by industrial and agricultural progress and manipulated by contending political parties. Hernandez's primary purpose was to inform people about the vanishing culture of the gaucho. Although the first part of the poem portrays the rebellion against society's mistreatment of the gaucho and its restrictions on his freedom to roam as he saw fit, the second part has a more didactic tone and urges a reconciliation; but one which necessarily involves the gaucho's acceptance of landowner hegemony. This poem became the voice of the gaucho, but it has also been adopted by all Argentines as an important part of their national tradition.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Martín Fierro; Volume 51 of Archivos (CRLA-Archivos); Volume 51 of Colección Archivos; Volume 51 of Collection Archivos - ALLCA XX
• Author: José Hernández
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: ALLCA XX, 2001
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Mar 2, 2010
• ISBN: 848966658X, 9788489666580
• Length: 1429 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Literacy; Poetry / General