Colonial Latin American Literature

A Very Short Introduction
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-975502-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 113 mm x 174 mm, Gewicht: 128 g

Reihe: Very Short Introductions

A vivid account of the literary culture of the Spanish-speaking Americas from the time of Columbus to Latin American Independence, this Very Short Introduction explores the origins of Latin American literature in Spanish and tells the story of how Spanish literary language developed and flourished in the New World. A leading scholar of colonial Latin American literature, Rolena Adorno examines the writings that debated the justice of the Spanish conquests, described the novelties of New World nature, expressed the creativity of Hispanic baroque culture in epic, lyric, and satirical poetry, and anticipated Latin American Independence. The works of Spanish, creole, and Amerindian authors highlighted here, including Bartolomé de las Casas, Felipe Guaman Poma, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, and Andrés Bello, have been chosen for the merits of their writings, their participation in the larger literary and cultural debates of their times, and their resonance among readers today.

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Zielgruppe

General readers and students of colonial Latin American literature and the Hispanic langauges, as well as those studying history and anthropology

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adorno, Rolena

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: First Encounters, First Doubts
Chapter 2: Oviedo and Las Casas
Chapter 3: The Polemics of Possession
Chapter 4: The Conquest of Mexico
Chapter 5: A North American Sojourn
Chapter 6: Epic Accomplishments
Chapter 7: Urban Baroque
Chapter 8: Baroque Plenitude
Chapter 9: A New Polemics of Possession

References
Further reading
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Adorno, Rolena
Rolena Adorno is the Reuben Post Halleck Professor of Spanish at Yale University. Her books include The Polemics of Possession in Spanish American Narrative and Guaman Poma: Writing and Resistance in Colonial Peru. She is a member of the presidentially appointed National Council on the Humanities and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.