Abstract
This paper combines the analysis of the form "long poem" with the analysis of the construction of american indentity in some of the most important Spanish American long poems by 1820-1840: Al Popocatepetl, En el teocalli de Cholula, Niágara and Placeres de la melancolía, by Heredia; Alocución a la poesía and A la agricultura de la zona tórrida, by Bello, and La cautiva, by Echeverría. Trascending the pattern of the epic foundational poem, the "size" of the these texts tries to reflect the grandiosity of the poetical subject, to warrant its "visibility", its representative capability and its endurance as cultural institution.Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica (1947-), volume 66, 2, July-December 2018, is a semi-annual publication edited by El Colegio de México, Carretera Picacho Ajusco 20, Ampliación Fuentes del Pedregal, Tlalpan, C.P. 14110, Mexico City, Mexico, Tel. (55) 5449-3000, http://nrfh.colmex.mx/index.php/NRFH, nrfh@colmex.mx. Editor: Pedro Martín Butragueño. Assistant editors: Alejandro Rivas and Jesus Jorge Valenzuela. All Rights Reserved: 04-2015-070112341900-203, ISSN (print): 0185-0121, ISSN (electronic): 2448-6558, as registered with the National Copyright Institute. Typographical composition: El Atril Tipográfico. Person in charge of updating this issue: Perla Reyna Muñoz; date of last update: June 26, 2018.
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