The miraculous lie : Lope de Aguirre and the search for El Dorado in the Latin American historical novel / Bart L. Lewis.

Author/creator Lewis, Bart L., 1946-
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2003.
Descriptionix, 184 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Aguirre, Lope de, 1510-1561--In literature.
Historical fiction, Spanish American--History and criticism.
Spanish American fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.
El Dorado in literature.
South America--History. --16th century. --Historiography.

Contents Lope de Aguirre in Latin American culture : historical figure and literary character -- Why Spaniards dreamed : the golden legend and colonial searches for El Dorado -- The Ursúa/Aguirre expedition as written historical record : fact that will become fiction -- Birth of a caudillo : Uslar Pietri's El camino de El Dorado -- Limited immortality : Aguirre stalks history in Posse's Daimón -- Characterization as historical progression in Otero Silva's Lope de Aguirre, príncipe de la libertad -- Aguirre's dialogue with history in Jorge Enesto Funes' Una lanza por Lope de Aguirre -- A (his)story that will live forever : the supremacy of fiction in Alvarez Sáenz' Crónica de blasfemos -- The eternal pilgrim : Lope de Aguirre in the Latin American novel and beyond.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [165]-175) and index.
LCCN 2002154003
ISBN0739104659 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PQ7082.H57 L49 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold