Adorno, Rolena.

The polemics of possession in Spanish American narrative [electronic resource] / Rolena Adorno. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007. - xix, 428 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-413) and index.

The polemics of possession in Spanish American narrative -- Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala and the polemics of possession -- Fray Bartolome de las Casas : polemicist and author -- Councilors warring at the royal court -- Historians of war and princely warriors -- The encomendero and his literary interlocutors -- The conquistador-chronicler and his literary authority -- The Amerindian : studied, interpreted, and imagined -- The narrative invention of Gonzalo the Warrior -- The narrative reinvention of the conqueror "captive" -- From Guancane to Macondo : literary places and their predecessors -- Seeing ghosts: the longevity of "serpents in sandals."


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Spanish American fiction--History and criticism.--To 1800
Imperialism in literature.
Colonies in literature.


Latin America--Civilization--16th century.
Latin America--Civilization--17th century.
Spain--In literature.


Electronic books.

PQ7082.N7 / A256 2007

863/.30998