Institute of Latin American Studies: This America We Dream of : Rodo and "Ariel" One Hundred Years on (Paperback)

Jose Enrique Rodo (1871-1917) is a key figure in the history of Latin American culture.

His best known work is 'Ariel', an influential essay published a hundred years ago in his native Montevideo.

Partly inspired by Spain's defeat over Cuba and Puerto Rico two years earlier, 'Ariel' is the subcontinent's foremost call for a concerted Latin Americanism to counter the cultural impact of the United States, and has influenced later interpretations of that relationship.