The Literary Society of 1842 () was a group of prominent Chileans from the social, political, and literary fields. Its goals were promoting originality among the nation's writers, strengthening the social quality of literature, and rejecting foreign literary models. The group held 86 meetings from 5 March 1842 to 1 August 1843.
Members It had over 40 members, including the following: Andrés Bello Juan Bello
Andrés Chacón Jacinto Chacón Juan N. Espejo Hermógenes Irisarri José Victorino Lastarria Santiago Lindsay Francisco Bilbao Manuel Antonio Matta Anacleto Montt Pedro Palazuelos Aníbal Pinto
Salvador Sanfuentes José M. Torres Cristóbal Valdés Wenceslao Vial Guzmán
References
External links Wikibooks has a book on cultural transformations of Chile in the nineteenth century Sociedad Literaria de 1842 at Memoria Chilena