On the Dark Side of the Archive examines nineteenth-century nation building through narratives that are not part of the romantic or realist traditions, specifically those associated with the critique of traditional ideas often portrayed in Decadentism and modernismo. The study focuses on the "non-canonical" works of turn-of-the-century authors-including Jos eacute; Mar iacute;a Vargas Vila, Horacio Quiroga, Clemente Palma, and Jos Mart...