Portraits and essays
Subtitle: historical and literary sketches of early Spanish America
By: by Irving A. Leonard ; edited by William C. Bryant
Contributors: Bryant, William C.
Publisher: Juan De La Cuesta
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Newark, Del
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780936388342
Subjects: Latin American literature; History and criticism; Civilization; History
Notes: Each essay contains bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Cultural determinants in the two Americas; title: Toward the setting sun : Christopher Columbus; title: Tidings of a vast new continent : Amerigo Vespucci; title: Discoverer of the Mississippi : Hernando de Soto; title: Conquistador and chronicler : Bernal Díaz del Castillo; title: The first classic writer of America : The Inca, Garcilaso de la Vega; title: The Mexican tenth muse : Sister Juan Inés de la Cruz; title: A Mexican savant : Don Carlos de Sigüenza de Góngora; title: A Peruvian polygraph : Don Pedro de Peralta Barnuevo; title: Two Enlightenment figures : Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa; title: The education of a great South American : Domingo Faustino Sarmiento; title: Random thoughts on early Spanish American letters.