The Spectacular City, Mexico, and Colonial Hispanic Literary Culture

The Spectacular City, Mexico, and Colonial Hispanic Literary Culture
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Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 379
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ISBN-10 : 9780292723078
ISBN-13 : 0292723075
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Download or read book The Spectacular City, Mexico, and Colonial Hispanic Literary Culture written by Stephanie Merrim and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for The Spectacular City, Mexico, and Colonial Hispanic Literary Culture "A scholarly tour de force...Stephanie Merrim is one of the most respected colonial scholars in the Americas, and this book will only add another well-deserved star to her crown."-Nina M. Scott, Professor Emerita of Spanish, University of Massachusetts, Amherst "Taking the city beyond the confines of Angel Rama's lettered city, Merrim proposes the colonial city as a central motif in the genesis of a New World Baroque...This book is another example of her meticulous, erudite, and brilliant scholarship.:-Yolanda Martfnez-San Miguel, Professor of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies and Comparative Literature, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey


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