Garcilaso Inca De LA Vega: An American Humanist 
Subtitle: A Tribute to Jose Durand
Contributors: Jose Durand (Editor); Jose Anadon (Editor)
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: June 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780268010379
Subjects: American history; Biography: general; Cultural studies; Historiography; Indigenous peoples; Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Poetry; Spanish; Literary Criticism; South America; Continental European; 1539-1616; Vega, Garcilaso de la,
Description: Widely read and translated, Garcilaso is a key figure for understanding the development of mestizo culture in Latin America and his works have sparked many heated debates. This new collection of articles advances that discussion through contributions by twelve distinguished scholars who review central aspects of Garcilaso's life and work from the perspectives of history, linguistics, literary theory, and anthropology.

These essays explore the complex intertextual threads which weave through Garcilaso's principal writings. Some examine the relationship of his work with the canon of European historiography, while others stress its link with Andean culture; still others focus on the puzzles presented by his use of self-representation.