Leopoldo Lugones had a lengthy and prolific career, producing ten volumes of poetry, several collections of short stories, a novel, and many essays of literary criticism, political thought, and intellectual biographies during his more than forty years as a writer. During his lifetime and beyond he was a controversial figure for his strong stands on political issues; a socialist as a young man, later in life he professed allegiance to the ideas of fascism. His poetry, too, shifted in focus, style, and thematic content. His early works reveal the influence of Modernismo in their use of exotic imagery and wordplay, while the collections from 1910 and later turn increasingly toward themes of Argentine nationalism. Although some may take issue with Jorge Luis Borges's statement, made almost thirty years after Lugones's suicide, that, "Leopoldo Lugones fue y sigue siendo el máximo escritor argentino" (Leopoldo Lugones was and continues...