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important happenings: "fuera de sus libros esenciales , los datos sobre don Emilio Rabasa son muy escasos, porque no existen archivos, correspondencias precisas sobre su ^ 7 actuacion." To help complement this lack of concrete infor mation, the history of Mexico has been employed in some detail to set the background and assist in explaining the formation and thought of Emilio, as he grew from a small town rancher's son in an isolated state of Mexico to become one of its best realistic novelists and later a highly re garded political theorist. The biographical chapters have been sprinkled liberally with quotes precisely to document the previous lack of knowledge of Rabasa's life. Some unex- plainable gaps still exist, hampering the attempt to understand and interpret certain activities and actions. Nevertheless, it is hoped that this study will serve to tie together all the available details to help any who are desirous of continuing further investigation of his life. Rabasa began his writing career in the literary field, and achieved fame as the man who introduced realism into the Mexican novel. He soon abandoned literature for political and juridical writings and because of the outstand ing contributions made to these disciplines , his early 7 Andres Serra Rojas, Antologia de Emilio Rabasa, I (Mexico City, 1969)> 20.
literary works have not seen justice done to their contribu tion of Mexican letters. Many of the histories of Mexican literature written between 1900 and 1930 did not even mention Rabasa's name as having been a part of the literary movement. Because of the neglect of Rabasa's major literary efforts, many people are unaware of his other literary production. Rabasa's poetry, which he never considered good, convinced him to turn to the world of prose. His early prose efforts consisted of some literary criticism and four short stories which he submitted for publication while working as a journalist. Considered as his minor literary works, they help delineate his literary training, tastes, ambitions and intentions and will be examined in this light. The juridical works are dealt with in a separate chapter because they have brought Rabasa the most fame and eclipsed a literary production that did not merit obscurity. They also merit some analysis because many of the techniques that Rabasa used in his literature were transferred to pro duce the lasting qualities of his judicial thought. Written in 1887-88, Rabasa's first novels brought him instant recognition, and along with his short novel written in 1891, marked him as one of the brightest young Mexican novelists. These novels were not an isolated occurrence, but formed part of a literary heritage both in Mexico and through' out the world. Therefore, the historical background of the
Page 1 and 2: 72-194 STRATTON, Lorum H., 1938- EM
Page 3 and 4: THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GRADUATE
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Page 7 and 8: TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT vii
Page 9 and 10: ABSTRACT The last third of the nine
Page 11 and 12: not a youthful whim but rather a st
Page 13 and 14: Mexican life and customs were begin
Page 15: literary or historical figures.^ Th
Page 19 and 20: CHAPTER 2 EARLY LIFE (1856-1891) Du
Page 21 and 22: Ocozocuatla called "Jesus"^ or "San
Page 23 and 24: Invoked frequently as a principle a
Page 25 and 26: Believing that the social problem o
Page 27 and 28: Emilio's parents were also very con
Page 29 and 30: Un dia y otro dia Distancia a la di
Page 31 and 32: a son to them. The change of attitu
Page 33 and 34: tenacity" typical of the Catalonian
Page 35 and 36: the environment of Mexico City woul
Page 37 and 38: of the tendencies and practices of
Page 39 and 40: However, Rabasa was a very busy man
Page 41 and 42: give some insights into his lifelon
Page 43 and 44: CHAPTER 3 LATER LIFE (1891-1930) By
Page 45 and 46: 3 From among five candidates for th
Page 47 and 48: more accessible to the new railroad
Page 49 and 50: first year as governor, one hundred
Page 51 and 52: his anxiousness to meet him: "Se ha
Page 53 and 54: including Emilio's, were presented
Page 55 and 56: necessary reforms. They became know
Page 57 and 58: convert it to a true science. In th
Page 59 and 60: The picture confirms the physical d
Page 61 and 62: . 1+6 In 1906, accompanied by his f
Page 63 and 64: constante devenir de la vida, el po
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accept their proposition and became
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5 7 estaban resueltos a hacer cualq
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of United States intervention. In l
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Three weeks after Rabasa was offere
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settlement of the difficulties, whi
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Constituyente es bastante para honr
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Naranjo left a note for future bipg
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70 Q rj los abogados no necesitan."
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educator: Ensefiar no es ya imponer
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Most of his life was dedicated to t
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of the Supreme Court--found nothing
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78 realista en materia de ciencia p
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Supreme Court's task almost impossi
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estauracion radical del juicio a su
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Rabasa had no hesitation to continu
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Si la dictadura fue necesaria en la
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prosperity. Diaz continued this lin
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Legislative and Judicial branches o
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39 en lo mejor de su contenido, era
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di ct atorship: como consecuencia d
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tierras, ni en justicia, ni en refo
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Others have accepted it as Rabasa i
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ideas, tut also in the way they are
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classify and study separately his m
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After reading these compositions, E
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Rabasa entitled the poem "Alia," an
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had found filled neither qualificat
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His beloved was a typical romantic
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quatrain in fifty-five of them. Whe
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Rabas a . . . tambien yo tengo regl
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In stimulating Mexican poets to dep
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had attended school there and in 18
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literature to be as good: "Envidio
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porque es la verdad; porque no es i
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se descubre al poeta que va embelle
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time, especially those expressed by
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Rabasa's first short story was abou
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7 5 This article was titled "Los ti
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to strike a chord of compassion in
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as it really was: En la literatura
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CHAPTER 6 THE NOVELS The developmen
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turbulence and civil strife; it wou
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Taking seriously the counsel of the
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Ik2 rr first week after printing. D
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was not popular with the new revolu
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Remedios because of the uncle's opp
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1U8 Juan also has moved to the stat
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Mateo Cabezudo, now a full-fledged
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With Remedios having discovered his
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Santos Camacho receives orders to m
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great debt to Mexican novelists and
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and was especially weak in a study
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previous Mexican novelists of his c
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Other Influences 162 Commentary on
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"En los sucesos que voy a referiros
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Encouraged by an old friend, he set
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America. Rabasa, one of the first t
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The picture of the heroine dissipat
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ecause by doing this Rabasa avoids
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spiritually: "Es que me afligen las
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the traits of his class; naturally,
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nos los muestra en sus actitudes y
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antagonist, don Mateo Cabezudo. An
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objective and impartial in his judg
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governor, general. These positions
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The journalists project their ambit
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fact, many years later, he feels hi
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Oaxaca where he was a state represe
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La gente iba y venia continuamente
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proportion by gossip and by editori
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no power to the executive branch an
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system: "desajustes sociales, injus
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studies grammar, geography, history
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Satire The basic themes for the nov
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The ignorance of the writers and th
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"Me habria seducido completamente s
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ut the descriptions are written in
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expounded and practiced by Perez Ga
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novelists, some critics feel that p
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dictatorship of Porfirio Dfaz were
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he had seen; his judicial writings
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An examination of the novels confir
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i SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY PART I: EMI
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. Cuestiones constitucionales. El S
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Brandenburg, Frank. The Making of M
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Escobilla. "Sobre gustos nadie ha e
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228 La revolucion social de Mexico,
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Moreno Cora, Silvestre. Tratado del
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Serra Rojas, Andres. "Emilio Rabasa
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