The Ruben Dario:Critical Editions Project

FAIN: RQ-292701-23

University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN 46556-4635)
Maria Rosa Olivera-Williams (Project Director: November 2022 to present)

Preparation for print and digital publication of an edition of four volumes in Spanish of the journal articles written by Ruben Dario (1867-1916), a well-known Nicaraguan poet and critic. (36 months)

The Ruben Dario: Critical Editions Project brings together a group of U.S.- and international-based scholars to produce four volumes of critical and annotated scholarly editions in Spanish of journalistic works by the Hispanic world's preeminent modern poet and intellectual, Nicaraguan writer Ruben Dario (1867-1916). Reconsidering Dario's often overlooked and incompletely edited texts today will result in a more complete understanding of the transformation of the balance of geopolitical power in the Western hemisphere at the turn of the twentieth century from the perspective of the most important post-independence Latin American writer, who acted as an interpreter of those changes for the entire Spanish-speaking world. Furthermore, it will help recognize and preserve the cultural heritage of the Latino/a community in the U.S. and better grasp how Latinamericanism, underwriting Latino/a identity, acted as a cohesive force for Spanish-language literary publishing across the U.S.