5. For a more detailed analysis of Nietzsche’s influence on Vasconcelos, see D. Cortez, Nietzsche y Dionisos en Latinoamérica: Discursos de identidad, mito y modernidad (Saarbrücken: Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften, 2009), pp. 121-46. Nietzsche’s influence on Helman has never been analysed in detail, nor have the parallels between Helman and Vasconcelos been observed.