Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, andanzas de un editor popular (1880-1901)

En las Memorias de Rafael de Nogales Méndez, cuenta las aventuras que vivió en numerosos países, describiendo con deleite a sus amigos, relaciones, actividades y costumbres. Pero lo más conmovedor del texto, desde un punto de vista literario, es el posicionamiento de su voz narrativa. Al inicio de sus Memorias hace una distinción entre el aventurero y el caballero andante. El primero es "un iletrado pedante, o socialmente un caballero ocioso, fuera de combate, que no posee una carrera en particular y que siempre está buscando ingeniosamente el modo de hacer dinero, lo que para él es...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Esta Historia universal SIGLO XXI, preparada y editada inicialmente por Fischer Verlag (Alemania), sigue un nuevo concepto: exponer la totalidad de los acontecimientos del mundo, dar todo su valor a la historia de los países y pueblos de Asia, África y América. Resalta la cultura y la economía como fuerzas que condicionan la historia. Saca a la luz el despertar de la humanidad a su propia conciencia. En la Historia universal SIGLO XXI han contribuido ochenta destacados especialistas de todo el mundo. Consta de 36 volúmenes, cada uno de ellos independiente, y abarca desde la prehistoria...