La Plutonica
Subtitle: oda dirigida a Pluton
Publisher: Imprenta de los Ayllones y compañia
Published: 1823
Place of publication: Montevideo:  año de 1823
Language: spa
Subjects: Poetry; Spanish Odes; Spanish Political satire; History; Politics and government
Notes: Caption title.

Imprint from colophon.

Date of publication printed after place of publication in colophon.

An asterisk next to the caption title leads to a note at the foot of the caption title page reading: "Esta oda fué escrita el año 16"

For a discussion of this anonymous satirical poem as well as a reprinting of the text, see "La Plutónica; contribución a la bibliografía uruguaya" / by Antonio Praderio, in Revista histórica, issued by the Museo Histórico Nacional of Uruguay, v. 23, nos. 67-69 (May 1955), p. 465-482.

On 12 July 1821, João VI signed a law curtailing freedom of the press, particularly censoring criticism against the the monarchy, which the Cortes had written and approved. "La Plutónica" is a satirical pamphlet critical of various European monarchs, this ode was directed most especially against the Spanish King, Fernando VII. The governor of the Cisplatina province ordered the confiscation of all extant copies in the city and their immediate surrender to the government. A printing tribunal was also formed so that the responsible party could be tried for this transgression. During the entire month, several copies were located and seized around the city, in commercial establishments as well as in the homes of known buyers, some of them denounced by the occasional vendor (see "Periodismo y libertad de imprenta en visperas de la independencia uruguaya: la coyuntura de 1822 a 1823", a conference paper given by Wilson F. González Demuro at the 3as Jornadas de Historia de la Patagonia held in Bariloche, Argentina from November 6-8, 2008). The Ayllón print shop was active for a brief period of time during the period of Luso-Brazilian rule.

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Purchase; 2017; 18-068.