Territories of history : humanism, rhetoric, and the historical imagination in the early chronicles of Spanish America / Sarah H. Beckjord.

Author/creator Beckjord, Sarah H.
Format Book
Publication InfoUniversity Park, Penn. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2007.
Description191 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Humanism--Latin America. --History.
Humanism--Spain. --History.
History in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Latin America--History. --To 1600. --Historiography.

SeriesRomance studies
Penn State Romance studies. ^A769331
Contents Historical representation in the Spanish humanist context, Juan Luis Vives -- Conjecture and credibility in the Historia general y natural de las Indias by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés -- Vision and voice : The Historia de las Indias by Bartolomé de las Casas -- History and memory : narrative perspective in Bernal Díaz del Castillo.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [171]-184) and index.
LCCN 2007022491
ISBN9780271032788 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0271032782 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780271032795 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0271032790 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks F 1411 .B43 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold