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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521027594

ISBN-139780521027595

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Number of Pages292 Pages

Publication NameAndrés Bello : Scholarship and Nation-Building in Nineteenth-Century Latin America

LanguageEnglish

SubjectEurope / Renaissance, General, Spanish, Latin America / General

Publication Year2006

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Law, History

AuthorIvan Jaksic

SeriesCambridge Latin American Studies

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight15.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition21

Reviews'This is the first full-length intellectual life of Bello in English, and is a major contribution to scholarship on him.' Forum for Modern Language Studies, 'On finishing this book I appreciated the coherence of Bello's intellectual vision in a way I had not hitherto done ...'. History, 'On finishing this book I appreciated the coherence of Bello's intellectual vision in a way I had not hitherto done ...'.History, 'On finishing this book I appreciated the coherence of Bello's intellectual vision in a way I had not hitherto done â€¦'. History

Series Volume NumberSeries Number 87

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal861/.5 B

Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. The formation of a colonial scholar, 1781-1810; 2. Exile and scholarship in London, 1810-20; 3. The diplomacy of Independence, 1820-9; 4. In the 'land of anarchy', 1829-40; 5. A decade of triumph, 1840-50; 6. The rule of law; 7. The return of Mio Cid; 8. Conclusion: farewell to Nestor.

SynopsisThis is the first book-length biography of Andres Bello, the nineteenth-century Latin American intellectual, to appear in English. Bello was also a poet, a literary critic, and an influential statesman whose contributions to nation-building and Spanish American identity are widely recognized across the region. This work provides a comprehensive interpretation of Bello's work, gives an account of Bello's life based on new information from archives in four countries, and sheds new light on this critical period in Latin American history.", This is the first book-length biography of Andr s Bello, the nineteenth-century Latin American intellectual, to appear in English. Bello was also a poet, a literary critic, and an influential statesman whose contributions to nation-building and Spanish American identity are widely recognized across the region. This work provides a comprehensive interpretation of Bello's work, gives an account of Bello's life based on new information from archives in four countries, and sheds new light on this critical period in Latin American history., This biography of Andrés Bello, the nineteenth-century Latin American intellectual, statesman and poet, was the first to appear in English. It provides a comprehensive interpretation of Bello's work, gives an account of his life based on new information from archives in four countries, and sheds new light on this critical period in Latin American history., This book-length intellectual biography of Andrés Bello, first published in 2001, is the first to appear in English. Bello, the most important intellectual of nineteenth-century Latin America, made enduring contributions to the fields of international law, civil legislation, grammar and philology. He was also a poet of note, a literary critic and an influential statesman whose contributions to nation-building and Spanish American identity are widely recognized across the region. In this book, Jaksic provides an archival-based critical account that challenges the celebratory literature that has dominated Bello studies. He demonstrates how knowledge of Bello's contributions illuminate not only Latin American history, but also current issues of imperial fragmentation, nationalism and language., This is the first book-length biography in English of Andrès Bello, the nineteenth-century Latin American intellectual.

LC Classification NumberPQ8549.B3 Z672 2001