I review the development of studies on the nineteenth century in literary criticism in Argentina from the first twenty-five volumes of Anclajes. These studies achieved a strong imprint and visibility during the 1990s and mid-1990s; to suffer, later, a notorious stagnation. The shift in these interests seems to be almost a foreseeable consequence given the enormous influx of critical approaches focused on the situation of the most recent Latin American literature.A partir de los primeros veinticinco volúmenes de la revista Anclajes, se revisa el desarrollo de los estudios sobre el siglo XIX en la crítica literaria de la Argentina. Estos estudios alcanzaron una fuerte impronta y visibilidad durante la década de 1990 y mediados de la siguiente...