Letters from Filadelfia: Early Latino Literature and the Trans-American Elite

by Rodrigo Lazo

Book Overview

For many Spanish Americans in the early nineteenth century, Philadelphia was Filadelfia, a symbol of republican government for the Americas and the most important Spanish-language print center in the early United States. In Letters from Filadelfia, Rodrigo Lazo opens a window into Spanish-language writing produced by Spanish American exiles, travelers, and immigrants who settled and passed through Philadelphia during this vibrant era, when...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813943558
• ISBN13: 9780813943558
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"