Romanticism was a movement of art and literature with origins in Europe during the eighteenth century and became popular in Latin America at the beginning of the nineteenth century. ... It became a very vital genre in Latin America to define and understand the identity latin america through literature. ... The calidade of Maria fit the idea of 'angel home' which is fundamental in the Latin American romanticism. ... The Latin American space is also evident in the work. ... Another characteristic of romanticism in Latin America is bourgeois society. ...

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