The Dignification of Women's Essay Writing in the Last Third of Nineteenth-century Peru

Abstract

We are facing an essential work for the reconstruction and rereading of the Spanish-American essay, which expands the borders of studies not only in Spanish by integrating a group of Peruvian women essayists who were fundamental in the design of an America under construction at the end of the 19th century. It is important to point out that, even though the analysis text can sometimes be dry for the common reader, it is of enormous interest in the field of research, since it abounds in constant references and updated and reliable data. Both the impeccable bibliographical and archival work, as well as the proposed reading/interpretation of the texts based on a network of vital, ideological and artistic relationships, show the author's in-depth knowledge of the period studied, which is a clear contribution for any study on the essay in general and the Hispanic American essay.