Un pasaporte a la república de las letras: Vicente Fidel López y Les races aryennes du Pérou

Abstract

This article analyzes the creative process of Les races aryennes du Perou by the Argentinian writer Vicente Fidel Lopez, since its first appearances in La Revista de Buenos Aires until its publication in Paris in 1871. It also examines the first receptions (positive and negative) the work received in the local and regional intellectual sphere, as well as the impact that his work had in European academic circles. In this way, it seeks to recognize the characteristics of American publicity and the intellectual world, and to evaluate, in this context the obstacles (material and intellectual) that have emerged around the research related to linguistic-philological studies. At the same time, this analytical exercise enables us to observe how the book and its author worked to become the protagonists of the central debates around the study of language and acquired a relevant place in the nineteenth century worldwide publishing market.