Relatos y relaciones de Hispanoamérica colonial
Autor: Otto Olivera
Número de Páginas: 166
"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 "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, Coordinator, Randell Research Center, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 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 ...