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Spanish colonial literature in South America — Bernard Moses

Spanish colonial literature in South America

Bernard Moses

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 434 pages

Spanish Colonial Literature in South America by Bernard Moses is a collection of essays and studies on the literature produced in Spain's South American colonies. It places colonial writings—chronicles, histories, and poetry—in historical context, and discusses figures such as the author of La Araucana. It is worthwhile for listeners interested in colonial history and early Spanish American letters.

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HISPANIC
NOTES & MONOGRAPHS
ESSAYS, STUDIES, AND BRIEF
BIOGRAPHIES ISSUED BY THE
HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
HISPANIC AMERICAN SERIES
I
OTHER BOOKS BY THE SAME
AUTHOR ON THE COLONIAL
PERIOD IN SOUTH AMERICA
The Establishment of Spanish Rule in America.
The Spanish Dependencies in South America, 2 vols.
Spain’s Declining Power in South America.
South America on the Eve of Emancipation.
The Author of La Araucana
see page 158
SPANISH
COLONIAL
LITERATURE
in
South America
BY

BERNARD MOSES, Ph. D., LL.D.,
Professor Emeritus in the University of California,
Honorary Professor in the University of Chile
THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
The Hispanic Society of America
LONDON : NEW YORK
1922
PRINTED AT THE
SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
CLjǙΏǡƗƄƒǵ 1922 œΏ
THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA

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Contents

  1. SPANISH COLONIAL LITERATURE in South America
  2. PREFACE
  3. CONTENTS
  4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
  6. CHAPTER II EARLY WRITERS OF TIERRA FIRME
  7. CHAPTER III CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU
  8. CHAPTER IV PERUVIAN AND CHILEAN HISTORIANS, 1550-1600.
  9. CHAPTER V LA ARAUCANA
  10. CHAPTER VI ERCILLA’S IMITATORS
  11. CHAPTER VII JUAN DE CASTELLANOS
  12. CHAPTER VIII LA ARGENTINA
  13. CHAPTER IX WRITERS ON CHILEAN HISTORY 1600-1650.
  14. CHAPTER X WRITERS OF PERU AND NEW GRANADA, 1600-1650.
  15. CHAPTER XI THE LAST HALF OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
  16. CHAPTER XII THE EARLY YEARS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
  17. CHAPTER XIII ON PARAGUAY
  18. CHAPTER XIV SOME ECCLESIASTICS AND THEIR RELIGIOUS BOOKS
  19. CHAPTER XV GOVERNMENT AND LAW
  20. CHAPTER XVI LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY HISTORIANS
  21. CHAPTER XVII OUTLOOK TOWARDS EMANCIPATION
  22. APPENDIX A Catalogue, under Authors’ Names, of the Books mentioned in the Text
  23. FOOTNOTES
  24. INDEX
  25. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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