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Book Synopsis
Focusing on certain key firsthand narratives of the discovery, exploration, and conquest of the New World, the author views various journals, letters, and other documents not merely as narratives of facts and events but as literary expressions of the dynamics of the writer's experience.

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"Of all the books inspired by the Columbian quincentenary, this is easily one of the most challenging. Bodmer uses early Spanish chronicles to take the reader on a journey of exploration. . . . A richly detailed analytical history of the gradual awakening of a critical consciousness concerning accepted versions of the discovery and conquest of America."—Canadian Journal of History
"A quite splendid book."—Journal of Latin American Studies

Table of Contents
Introduction; Part I. The Discourse of Mythification; 1. Christopher Columbus and the definition of America as booty; 2. Hern n Cortes and the creation of the model conqueror; Part II. Demythification and Questioning: 3. From failure to demythification; 4. The models in crisis; Part III. A Literary Expression of the Unfolding of a New Consciousness: 5. Alonso de Ercilla and the development of a Spanish American Consciousness; Notes; Index.

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: 01/03/1995
      ISBN13: 9780804724708, 978-0804724708
      ISBN10: 0804724709
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      Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Focusing on certain key firsthand narratives of the discovery, exploration, and conquest of the New World, the author views various journals, letters, and other documents not merely as narratives of facts and events but as literary expressions of the dynamics of the writer's experience.

      Trade Review
      "Of all the books inspired by the Columbian quincentenary, this is easily one of the most challenging. Bodmer uses early Spanish chronicles to take the reader on a journey of exploration. . . . A richly detailed analytical history of the gradual awakening of a critical consciousness concerning accepted versions of the discovery and conquest of America."—Canadian Journal of History
      "A quite splendid book."—Journal of Latin American Studies

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; Part I. The Discourse of Mythification; 1. Christopher Columbus and the definition of America as booty; 2. Hern n Cortes and the creation of the model conqueror; Part II. Demythification and Questioning: 3. From failure to demythification; 4. The models in crisis; Part III. A Literary Expression of the Unfolding of a New Consciousness: 5. Alonso de Ercilla and the development of a Spanish American Consciousness; Notes; Index.

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