Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Chapter 1. Overview: The Polemics of Possession in Spanish American Narrative 1
6. Chapter 2. Felipe Guaman Poma De Ayala and the Polemics of Possession 21
7. Chapter 3. Fray Bartolomé De Las Casas, Polemicist and Author 61
8. Chapter 4. Councilors Warring at the Royal Court 99
9. Chapter 5. Historians of War and Princely Warriors 125
10. Chapter 6. The Encomendero and His Literary Interlocutors 148
11. Chapter 7. The Conquistador-Chronicler and His Literary Authority 172
12. Chapter 8. The Amerindian, Studied, Interpreted, and Imagined 191
13. Chapter 9. The Narrative Invention of Gonzalo the Warrior 220
14. Chapter 10. The Narrative Reinvention of the Conqueror-Captive 246
15. Chapter 11. From Guancane to Macondo: Literary Places and Their Predecessors 279
16. Chapter 12. Seeing Ghosts: The Longevity of ‘‘Serpents in Sandals’’ 308
17. Notes 325
18. Bibliography 383
19. Index 415