Territories of History Humanism, Rhetoric, and the Historical Imagination in the Early Chronicles of Spanish America
Sarah H. Beckjord’s Territories of History explores the vigorous but largely unacknowledged spirit of reflection, debate, and experimentation present in foundational Spanish American writing. In historical works by writers such as Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo, Bartolomé de Las Casas, and Bernal Díaz...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University Park, PA :
Penn State University Press
[2021]
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| Colección: | Penn State Romance Studies ;
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009684794506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Historical Representation in the Spanish Humanist Context: Juan Luis Vives
- 2 Conjecture and Credibility in the Historia general y natural de las Indias by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo
- 3 Vision and Voice: The Historia de las Indias by Bartolomé de Las Casas
- 4 History and Memory: Narrative Perspective in Bernal Díaz del Castillo’s Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
