IfSpanish intellectualsthemselveswerelookingto FrenchRomanticismas an in-spiration,howcouldtheythenin turnconvincingly serveasmodelsfor thelit-eraryupperclassesof theirowncolonies?Whatmanifestationsof Romantic modelscanwe recognizein theSpanishCaribbean? Herewereachthelimits of classificationattemptsbasedonhistori-...