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X-Ray of the Pampa

work by MartĂ­nez Estrada
Also known as: “Radiografía de la pampa”
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X-Ray of the Pampa (RadiografĂ­a de la pampa) is a significant work by Argentine writer Ezequiel MartĂ­nez Estrada. Published in 1933, it offers a comprehensive psychological study of the Argentine character. The book delves into the factors Estrada perceived as contributing to moral and social decay in Argentina during the early 1930s. It is characterized by fatalistic undertones and provides an in-depth analysis of the Argentine psyche. Estrada was a leading post-Modernismo writer who also explored themes of urban life in his work La cabeza de Goliat: MicroscopĂ­a de Buenos Aires.1

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  1. Ezequiel MartĂ­nez Estrada
  2. list of critics - Argentine
  3. Arsenio MartĂ­nez Campos
  4. Latin American literature - The modern novel
  5. the Pampas
  6. Latin American literature - The “boom” novels

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