La Puebla del Río

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When Friar Diego Bringas penned his 1796–97 report on conditions in northwestern New Spain, he was imbued with an enthusiastic drive for reform. Hoping to gain the King of Spain’s support in improving the missionary program, Bringas set down a detailed history of all that had happened in the region since Father Kino’s day. His writings offer a valuable study of Spanish attempts to bring about cultural change among the Piman Indians. Daniel S. Matson and Bernard L. Fontana have translated the Bringas document and added an informative introduction, notes, and references. They analyze...

Este libro es dos libros: "Circunstancia de poesía" y "Juana y otros poemas personales". En el primero encontramos un componente bastante raro en la poesía de hoy: unidad de tono, madurez para mantener una dirección durante muchos años y en los más diversos lugares y circunstancias. La poesía está dada por ese rumor subterráneo que vibra tras las palabras, a veces duras, como de prosa, o tenues que no descienden a lo cursi. El autor consolida felizmente estos polos opuestos de una manera integral, confiriéndole una nueva dimensión a su obra.

Un análisis del lugar de la religión en la configuración del Uruguay moderno desde fines del siglo XIX y su proyección a nuestros días.