Lugones en Mendoza: la recepción de su obra e ideas en el diario Los Andes, entre 1897 y 1930

Abstract

Trata la recepción periodística de la obra e ideas de Leopoldo Lugones entre 1897 y 1930. Se incorpora la visita que hizo a Mendoza en 1923, durante la gobernación de Carlos W. Lencinas, quien en ese momento estaba con un conflicto con los maestros.Con la visita del poeta de mayor prestigio de ese momento, buscaba legitimar su política cultural.

The article treats the reception of Leopoldo Lugones in the press of Mendoza (Argentina) especially through its main newspaper, Los Andes, between 1897-1930. The investigation allowed the publication of numerous publications of the author, as well as news of his lectures and his performance as an official of the national State, until the early 1920s. Although the newspaper reproduced only three texts by the Argentine writer, his successful stay in the province during 1923, to give a series of lectures, shows that he was known and read, although necessarily in a select audience. The talks he developed in Mendoza touched on some of the topics that always interested him, such as education, science and the classical world. After this visit, information about the poet declined and only appeared some chronicles and comments of his books and lectures. Even the main public library in the province, "General San Martin", has a limited number of works, the last of which is dated in 1926, confirming little official interest in his intellectual production.