Jose Enrique Rodo 18711917 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 Spains defeat over Cuba and Puerto Rico two years earlier Ariel is the subcontinents foremost call for a concerted Latin Americanism to counter the cultural impact of the United States and has influenced later interpretations of that relationship. The essays gathered in this volume provid