ARGENTINA · LITERATURE · CULTUREJOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ · 1872—1879
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Find canto-by-canto study guides, characters, cultural essays and original documentary sources. This index distinguishes English commentary from José Hernández’s original Spanish text.

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Study Guides

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Characters

Eleven characters, their roles and original-canto references

Glossary

Gaucho vocabulary explained in English

Articles and essays

Contact

English institutional and editorial documentation

Terms of Use

English institutional and editorial documentation

Gaucho Life

English thematic reading with source-based passages and questions

The Frontier

English thematic reading with source-based passages and questions

Introduction

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Payadas

improvised poetic duel music

All 46 canto study guides

Part One — El gaucho Martín Fierro (1872)

Part One — Canto 1Part One — Canto 2Part One — Canto 3Part One — Canto 4Part One — Canto 5Part One — Canto 6Part One — Canto 7Part One — Canto 8Part One — Canto 9Part One — Canto 10Part One — Canto 11Part One — Canto 12Part One — Canto 13

Part Two — La vuelta de Martín Fierro (1879)

Part Two — Canto 1Part Two — Canto 2Part Two — Canto 3Part Two — Canto 4Part Two — Canto 5Part Two — Canto 6Part Two — Canto 7Part Two — Canto 8Part Two — Canto 9Part Two — Canto 10Part Two — Canto 11Part Two — Canto 12Part Two — Canto 13Part Two — Canto 14Part Two — Canto 15Part Two — Canto 16Part Two — Canto 17Part Two — Canto 18Part Two — Canto 19Part Two — Canto 20Part Two — Canto 21Part Two — Canto 22Part Two — Canto 23Part Two — Canto 24Part Two — Canto 25Part Two — Canto 26Part Two — Canto 27Part Two — Canto 28Part Two — Canto 29Part Two — Canto 30Part Two — Canto 31Part Two — Canto 32Part Two — Canto 33

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These pages cover the same general subjects but are not necessarily translations or editorially equivalent. The original verse reader remains in Spanish.