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Carolina Alzate
This paper examines the exile resulting from the preeminence of the ultraconservative political movement led in Colombia by Rafael Núñez (1825–1894) known as the Regeneración, in a selection of poems, letters, and diaries written by two Colombian women authors at the end of the nineteenth century: Agripina Samper de Ancízar and her daughter, Inés Ancízar Samper. In its apparently domestic theme, Agripina's poetry, specifically the pieces dedicated to her late husband and absent children published in periodicals, constitute clear and stark incursions into the political scene of the moment. Inés's intimate writing provides access to unexpected spaces of experience: the discussion of politics within the domestic space of the living room, the streets, and even her home—not entirely hers—, and the loss of her homeland. For both women, the lack of place within the nation precedes exile and invites readers to approach home and writing as ever-elusive spaces.
