The Polemics of Possession in Spanish American Narrative

by Rolena Adorno

Book Overview

In this book on early Latin American narrative, Rolena Adorno argues that the foundations of the Latin American literary tradition are located in the writings that debated the rights to Spanish dominion in the Americas and the treatment of its natives. Placing the works of canonical Spanish and Amerindian writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries--Bartolom de las Casas in particular--within this larger polemic, she shows how their works...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300214766
• ISBN13: 9780300214765
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"