Xicoténcatl
By: Anónimo ; edición, estudio preliminar y notas de Gustavo Forero Quintero
Contributors: Forero Quintero, Gustavo
Series: Colección el fuego nuevo, textos recobrados -- no. 9; Colección El Fuego nuevo -- no. 9.
Publisher: Iberoamericana
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Madrid
Language: spa
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9788484896005; 9783865276568; 9786077588580
Subjects: Fiction
Work titles: Jicoténcal
Description: As Spain's New World colonies fought for their independence in the early nineteenth century, an anonymous author looked back on the earlier struggle of native Americans against the Spanish conquistadores and penned this novel, Xicoténcatl. Writing from a decidedly anti-Spanish perspective, the author describes the historical events that led to the march on Tenochtitlán and eventual conquest of the Aztec empire in 1519 by Hernán Cortés and his Indian allies, the Tlaxcalans. Xicoténcatl stands out as a beautiful exposition of an idealized New World about to undergo the tremendous changes wrought by the Spanish Conquest.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [77]-80) and indexes.