The Daring Flight of My Pen: Cultural Politics and Gaspar Perez de Villagra's Historia de La Nueva Mexico, 1610 (Pasó Por Aquí the Nuevomexicano Literary Heritage) - Hardcover

Padilla, Genaro M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826349706 ISBN 13: 9780826349705

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2010

Synopsis

Doomed from the beginning to be read as history rather than poetry, Gaspar Perez de Villagr's Historia de la Nueva Mexico chronicles Captain Juan de Onate's conquest of New Mexico from its inception in 1595 to the battle of Acoma in 1599. In this engaging study Genaro Padilla enters into Villagr's epic poem of the Onate expedition to reveal that the soldier was no mere chronicler but that his writing offers a subtle critique of the empire whose expansion he seems to be celebrating.

About this title

About the Author:

Genaro M. Padilla is Professor of English and Associate Dean in the College of Letters & Sciences at UC Berkeley.

From the Inside Flap:

In this engaging study Genaro Padilla enters into Villagrá's epic poem of the Oñate expedition to reveal that the soldier was no mere chronicler but that his writing offers a subtle critique of the empire whose expansion he seems to be celebrating.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0826349706
• ISBN 13: 9780826349705
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 167