The Folklore of Spain in the American Southwest: Traditional Spanish Folk Literature in Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado

by Aurelio M. Espinosa Jr.

Book Overview

The region of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado holds a unique place in the world of Spanish folk literature. Isolated from the rest of the Spanish-speaking world for most of its history since its first settlement in 1598, it has retained, even into our own time, much of its Hispanic folkloric heritage from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries-ballads, songs, poems, folktales, sayings, anecdotes, proverbs, riddles, and folk drama. In this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806122498
• ISBN13: 9780806122496
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.4"