The Argentine statesman, educator, and gifted journalist Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888) was known as the "Teacher President" for his unremitting efforts to foster education in his country. He ...
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In the following essay, Crowley argues that early examples of social and political promotional strategies exist in Sarmiento's works.
Sarmiento was a born publicist, aided by those two essen...
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In the following excerpt, Vegh examines Sarmiento's response to a reading by Dickens in the United States.
The first edition of Letters from the Battle-fields of Paraguay (1870) by the explo...
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In the following essay, Katra examines Sarmiento's historical works, arguing that he embraces both philosophical idealism and materialism.
Sarmiento's treatment of historical issues, ...
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In the following essay, originally published in 1989, Ramos asserts that the heterogeneity and undisciplined nature of Facundo actually represents an attempt to have writing bring order to the politic...
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In the following essay, originally published in 1991, Molloy examines Sarmiento's biographies and autobiographies, arguing that these works include elements of both genres.
Toward the end of...
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In the following essay, Alonso argues that Sarmiento writes with passion more than logic, linking this characteristic to trends of modernity and cultural identity in South American literature.
Cual...
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In the following essay, Piglia contends that Sarmiento played a key role in the development of Argentine literature and that his writing reflects changes in the burgeoning country.
To speak of Sarm...
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In the following essay, Garrels analyzes Sarmiento's many writings that relate to women and the evolution of his opinion regarding women's rights.
In 1839, with the founding of the Sa...
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Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Critical Essay by Frances G. Crowley
