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CONTENTS
Prolog / p. 1
Translator's Foreword / p. 7
PART ONE: THE COLONY
I. 1492-1556
Authors born between 1451 and 1530 / p. 11
Historical framework: Catholic Monarchs and Charles V.
Cultural tendencies: First Renaissance.
THE CHRONICLES: Columbus / Columbus' Men / The Controversy
over the Indians / Father Las Casas / Conquest and Learning: Ovie-
do / Conquistadors in Mexico: Cortés, Bernal / Missionaries in Mex-
ico: Sahagún, Motolinía / The Defenseless Spaniard: Cabeza de Vaca /
Chronicles of the Conquest of Peru: Cieza de Leén, Zárate, Sarmiento
de Gamboa / Chroniclers of New Granada: Giménez de Quesada /
The Amazons: Carvajal / In the Region of the Rio de la Plata: Her-
nández / THE THEATER / RENAISSANCE LITERATURE: Castellanos,
Cervantes de Salazar, Terrazas / FANTASY AND THE NEW WORLD
II. 1556-1598
Authors born between 1530 and 1570 / p. 37
Historical framework: Philip II.
Cultural tendencies: Second Renaissance and Counter Reformation.
CHRONICLERS: Acosta, Suárez de Peralta / The Inca Garcilaso de la
Vega / Prosperous and Poor Lands: Díaz de Guzmán / EPIC LITERA-
TURE: ERCILLA / La Araucana's Sequels / THE STATE OF LITERATURE /
SATIRE: Oquendo / THE THEATER: González de Eslava
III. 1598-1701
Authors born between 1570 and 1675 / p. 54
Historical framework: The colonies under the decadence of the last
Hapsburgs. Cultural tendencies: From the Renaissance to the Baroque.
THE SPANISH BAROQUE / The Baroque Comes to America / PLAN /
CHRONICLES, TREATISES, AND DIDACTIC BOOKS: Gaspar de Villarroel,
Ovalle, Piedrahita, Oviedo y Baños / NOVELISTIC SKETCHES: Rodrí
guez Freile, Núñez de Pineda y Bascuúán / SPANISH WRITERS IN
AMERICA AND HISPANIC-AMERICAN WRITERS IN SPAIN / Juan Ruiz

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Publication Information: Book Title: Spanish-American Literature: A History. Contributors: Enrique Anderson Imbert - author, John V. Falconieri - transltr. Publisher: Wayne State University Press. Place of Publication: Detroit. Publication Year: 1963. Page Number: v.
    
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