Abstract

LENCINA, Eva. TO LIVE AND DIE IN THE GREAT VILLAGE: RALPH HERNE (1888), W. H. HUDSON'S BUENOS AIRES NOVEL. perifrasis. rev.lit.teor.crit. [online]. 2022, vol.13, n.25, pp.28-45.  Epub Feb 22, 2022. ISSN 2145-8987.  https://doi.org/10.25025/perifrasis202213.25.02.

Ralph Herne (1888) is the only work set in the city of Buenos Aires written by W. H. Hudson, the Angloargentine naturalist better known for his rural settings. The story is interesting because of this distinctive feature, but also because it provides a unique historic perspective, since it unfolds during the yellow fever epidemic of 1871. This article examines the representation of the porteño space through the places staged in Hudson's text.

Keywords : W. H. Hudson; Ralph Herne; imagology; psychogeography; Buenos Aires.

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