José Vasconcelos manuscripts, 1935-1939.

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José Vasconcelos manuscripts, 1935-1939.

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Four literary manuscripts by Vasconcelos: Ulises criollo: la vida del autor escrita por él mismo (1933); La tormenta: segunda parte de Ulises criollo (1936); El desastre: continuación de La Tormenta (1937); El proconsulado: cuarta parte de Ulises criollo (1939). Comprising four of his five volumes of autobiography (the fifth is La flama : los de arriba en la Revolución, historia y tragedia, published posthumously), they are bound typescripts which bear corrections, additions, and deletions by Vasconcelos which did not appear in the published first editions. The manuscript of El desastre lacks approximately three final pages of the published text.

4 v. (9.5 in) ; 30 cm.

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Vasconcelos, José, 1881-1959.

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Author, philosopher, politician. Born 1881 in Oaxaca, Mexico; died 1959 in Mexico City. Graduated from law school in 1907. Vasconcelos, who served twice as Minister of Education and also held the position of Rector of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, exerted a profound influence on Mexican culture by promoting education for the lower classes and encouraging popular exposure to literature. He experienced his most productive years as an author during the 1930s, following an unsuccess...