The Araucana: A New Translation with Annotations and Introduction

by Alonso de Ercilla and Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga

Book Overview

Spain's colonizing of the Americas inspired a number of verse histories, the finest of them Alonso de Ercilla's La Araucana. Having served as a page to Philip II from the age of 15 until sailing for Chile six years later to help subdue a rebellion among the indigenous Araucans, today's Mapuche, Ercilla returned home not only with admiration for the Indians, but with serious misgivings about their mistreatment by the Spanish. The resulting account...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0B198G7Z3
• ISBN13: 9798985432503
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Eikonica Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"