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This is the first book-length biography in English of Andrés Bello, the nineteenth-century Latin American intellectual.
This is the first book-length intellectual biography of Andrés Bello 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,…mehr

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This is the first book-length biography in English of Andrés Bello, the nineteenth-century Latin American intellectual.

This is the first book-length intellectual biography of Andrés Bello 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.

Review quote:
'On finishing this book I appreciated the coherence of Bello's intellectual vision in a way I had not hitherto done -'. History

'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

Table of contents:
Introduction; 1. The formation of a colonial scholar, 1781-1810; 2. Exile and scholarship in London, 1810-1820; 3. The diplomacy of Independence, 1820-1829; 4. In the 'land of anarchy', 1829-1840; 5. A decade of triumph, 1840-1850; 6. The rule of law; 7. The return of Mio Cid; 8. Conclusion: farewell to Nestor.