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Maria: A South American Romance
work by Isaacs
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- In Jorge Isaacs
…whose best work, María (1867; Maria: A South American Romance, 1977), was one of the most famous Latin-American novels of the 19th century.
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Latin American literature
- In Latin American literature: Romanticism
…their women protagonists: María (1867; María: A South American Romance), by the Colombian Jorge Isaacs, and Amalia (1851–55; Amalia: A Romance of the Argentine), by the Argentine José Mármol. Villaverde’s vast narrative centres on the heroine, Cecilia, a mulatto so light-skinned that she can pass for white, who is in…
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