Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Enrico Mario Santí addresses poetry, film, history and other themes in Latin American culture in “Ciphers of History: Latin American Readings for a Cultural Age.” Santí presents a strong assessment of influential movements as well as various means to discover how to gain more insight on the culture.

Santí uses the idea of "cipher" to connect seven essays to outline "the ultimate ambivalence of interpretation." This arrangement provides insights for those interested in Latin American studies. Included is the focus on the Spanish generation of 98's response to Spain's loss of Cuba in the Spanish-American War of 1898.  

Santí is the William T. Bryan Professor of Hispanic Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky. He earned a doctorate from Yale University. He is the author of multiple books and serves on a number of editorial boards. His research has been supported over the years by fellowships from The Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Philosophical Society and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.