Hudson Region?

Abstract

In this article we postulate the existence of what we call Hudson Region. For this we choose the name of region (Molina y Varela; Heredia), but we enrich the concept with what regionality (Arendt) and bioregion (McGinnis et alii) have to contribute. In turn, our perspective on this region is eco, according to some of the theorists of the broad spectrum of ecocriticism, especially Mathews, Naess and Fukuoka. This choice seems to be the natural course when considering an author like William Henry Hudson, who has been concerned with natural conservation since the 19th century. Thus, we seek for notes of what we will consider region. We will use for the Hudson Region the cognitive elements indicated for it by Mariana N. Saua and finally we will test this region is specified. It is not an abstract proposal but is born from verifying that in Río de la Plata area exist many productions that, in different ways, are located in Hudson‘s wake, in terms of: love for nature, its perception as an intimate experience and, later, setting it in discursive means. Here, in addition to considering his Far Away and Long Ago (1918), we add the works Allá en lo verde Hudson (2012), by Arnaldo Calveyra; Libro de horas (2015), by Laura Forchetti; and Ornitología para principiantes (2018), by Daniel Dellazuana.