Las revistas de actualidad germen de la crónica literaria. Algunas calas en la evolución de un género periodístico entre 1845 y 1868

This essay is a diachronic approach to the current affairs sections in literary and illustrated magazines and journals until 1868, and it puts forward the following hypothesis: it was in these publications that the modern literary chronicle was born, which definitely developed in the last quarter of the 20 th century. The article focuses on the most outstanding authors in this process, on their informative and rhetorical trends, in relation to three conceptual models of periodicals — «Pintorescos» (Picturesque), «Universales» (Universal) and «Ilustraciones» (Illustrations).