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Relatos y relaciones de Hispanoamérica colonial

  • Edited by: Otto Olivera
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2004
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This anthology of foundational sixteenth-century Spanish-language texts presents the European side of the discovery and colonization of the New World. Otto Olivera has chosen representative selections from the works of eighteen authors, including Garcilaso de la Vega, Bartolomé de Las Casas, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Hernán Cortés, and Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. Their writings present an impressive panorama of the first years of a real New World that could compete with any portrayed in European novels of chivalry or travel. To put these texts in historical context, Olivera has written an introduction that links the literature of colonization in its first century to the classical and medieval myths that helped shape Spaniards' thinking about the New World. He also provides a brief history of the discovery and conquest and a discussion of the social organization of the Spanish colonies.

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Otto Olivera was Professor Emeritus of Spanish at Tulane University in New Orleans. He was the author of seven previous books and numerous scholarly articles about Spanish American literature.

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This book represents one of the best overviews of a very ample body of [early colonial narratives] that few readers would ever have the opportunity to read themselves. . . . The editor's sound introductory materials for the entire volume and for each selection . . . also make it innovative and different from other [anthologies] I have seen.
— John E. Worth

Olivera makes accessible a series of vital texts from the sixteenth century and provides an extremely informative introduction to the texts, their authors, and the worldview of the period.  This book includes valuable primary material for both student and professor and should be essential reading for any undergraduate course on the discovery and early stages of colonialism in the New World.
— Sixteenth Century Journal

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    Frontmatter

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    ÍNDICE DE MATERIAS

    vii
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    ILUSTRACIONES

    xiii
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    PREFACIO

    xv
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    INTRODUCCIÓN

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    CONQUISTA Y COLONIZACIÓN DEL NUEVO MUNDO

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    ORGANIZACIÓN COLONIAL

    21
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    EL PADRE JOSÉ DE ACOSTA

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    FERNANDO DE ALVA IXTLILXÓCHITL

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    EL INCA GARCILASO DE LA VEGA

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    BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS CASAS

    49
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    BERNAL DÍAZ DEL CASTILLO

    56
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    HERNÁN CORTÉS

    64
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    GONZALO FERNÁNDEZ DE OVIEDO

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    EL INCA GARCILASO DE LA VEGA

    78
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    FRAY TORIBIO DE BENAVENTE (MOTOLINÍA)

    84
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    ALVAR NÚÑEZ CABEZA DE VACA

    90
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    FRAY PEDRO DE AGUADO

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    ULRICO SCHMIDEL

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    FRANCISCO ANTONIO DE FUENTES Y GUZMÁN

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    FRAY GASPAR DE CARVAJAL

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    PEDRO CIEZA DE LEÓN

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    JUAN RODRÍGUEZ FREYLE

    128
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    FRAY PEDRO SIMÓN

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    JUAN SUÁREZ DE PERALTA

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    JOSÉ DE OVIEDO Y BAÑOS

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    GLOSARIO

    149
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    EDICIONES EMPLEADAS EN LAS SELECCIONES

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    BIBLIOGRAFÍA

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    ÍNDICE ANALÍTICO

    159

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