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ABSTRACT:This essay analyzes Alberto Blest Gana’s portrayal of masculine beauty in Rafael San Luis and Abelardo Manríquez through the lens of patriotism and social order. The divine, angelic looks of these two young characters come with a high cost. San Luis, from Martín Rivas (1862), and Manríquez, from El ideal de un calavera (1863), are exceedingly handsome but devoid of means, a fact that makes their circumstances especially harsh. They are also deeply in love with privileged, wealthy Santiago women, which causes the heroes to suffer. They challenge Chile’s capitalist social order, resist their outsider status, and follow the Weltanschauung of a pipiolo (liberal). They confront danger and fight the good fight. Yet these two brave men cannot escape past behaviors and decisions. It is their unhappy fate to lose their beautiful ladies to less attractive men, and ultimately to die in battle (San Luis) and by execution (Manríquez).
摘要：本文从爱国主义和社会秩序的角度分析了阿尔贝托·布莱斯特·加纳在《拉斐尔·圣路易斯》和《阿贝拉多·曼里克斯》中对男性美的刻画。这两个年轻角色的神圣、天使般的外表付出了高昂的代价。来自Martín Rivas（1862年）的San Luis和来自El ideal de un calavera（1863年）的Manríquez非常英俊，但缺乏手段，这一事实使他们的处境特别恶劣。他们还深深地爱上了享有特权、富有的圣地亚哥女性，这让英雄们遭受了痛苦。他们挑战智利的资本主义社会秩序，抵制他们的局外人地位，并遵循pipiolo（自由主义）的世界观。他们直面危险，打好仗。然而，这两个勇敢的人无法逃脱过去的行为和决定。他们不幸的命运是，美丽的女人被不那么有吸引力的男人夺走，最终死于战斗（圣路易斯）和处决（曼里克斯）。
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A quarterly journal devoted to research in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian literatures and cultures, Hispanic Review has been edited since 1933 by the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania. The journal features essays and book reviews on the diverse cultural manifestations of Iberia and Latin America, from the medieval period to the present.
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