{"product_id":"ariel-9780292703964","title":"Ariel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Irritating, insufferable, admirable, stimulating, disappointing Rodó . . . you are part of our family quarrels, and must bear with your disrespectful, equally disappointed, intuitive, incomplete nephews, living in a world that you helped define for us, and offered unto our revolt.\" --from the Prologue by Carlos Fuentes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1900 Uruguay, \u003ci\u003eAriel\u003c\/i\u003e is Latin America's most famous essay on esthetic and philosophical sensibility, as well as its most discussed treatise on hemispheric relations. Though Rodó protested the interpretation, his allegorical conflict between Ariel, the lover of beauty and truth, and Caliban, the evil spirit of materialism and positivism, has come to be regarded as a metaphor for the conflicts and cultural differences between Latin America and the United States. Generations of statesmen, intellectuals, and literary figures have been formed by this book, either in championing its teachings or in reacting against them. This edition of \u003ci\u003eAriel, \u003c\/i\u003e prepared especially with teachers and students in mind, contains a reader's guide to names, places, and important movements, as well as notes and a comprehensive annotated English\/Spanish bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e José Enrique Rodó\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.56w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292703964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e José Enrique Rodó (1872-1917) was a Uruguayan essayist and philosopher. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Margaret Sayers Peden is a distinguished critic and translator of Latin American literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40779805360243,"sku":"9.78029E+12","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b55e134b-3baa-4a57-9461-1f8683b4155a.jpg?v=1680614786","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ariel-9780292703964","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}