“La confesión de Pelino Viera”, de William Henry Hudson: un cuento argentino escrito en inglés

Abstract

This article tries to recover the tale «Pelino Viera’s Confession» and his author, William Henry Hudson, who is often forgotten and banished from Argentinian literature because of the language in which he chose to write: English. Hudson has the merit of being one of the Nineteenth century writers who started the Argentinian fantastic literature. Even so, he doesn’t usually receive such recognition. Mythology and legends of this tale, which are very interesting to understand the Argentinian idiosyncrasy, are analysed too.