Literary Reimaginings of Argentina’s Independence

An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.  As the moment of the birth of the patria, Independence enjoys a privileged role in the historical imaginary of many Latin American nations. In Argentina as in other countries, the period has been fundamental to state discourses of nation-building and identity, lending its figures and central narratives a powerful symbolic function. It has also attracted significant literary att