An anthology which includes authors from the Colonial period to the present, Voces de Hispanoamerica incorporates some of the most influential writers in Spanish America today. Students are provided with the necessary background information and context to study, analyze, and evaluate literary works through essays on the five historical periods included.

La Florida del Inca is a central text in the history and culture of the Americas. Its author, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, the son of an Inca princess and a Spanish conquistador, was born in Cuzco, Peru. In his chronicle Garcilaso offers a unique rendition of Hernando de Soto's expedition (1539-43) to the vast territory known then as La Florida. The studies collected in Beyond Books and Borders: Garcilaso de la Vega and La Florida del Inca were presented by leading scholars at an interdisciplinary symposium in November 2003, sponsored by the City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), inaugurating the celebration of the fourth centennial of the 1605 publication of this important work. Two additional essays, an Introduction, a Chronology, a General Bibliography, and fifty-five images complete this book.

Presents an anthology of writings from Spanish America that range from pre-Columbian compositions to works from contemporary authors.

Product Description: This book offers a study of four works of Peruvian theater: Tragedy of Atahualpa's Death and Usca Paucar, informed by Quechua tradition, and Amar su propia muerte and La conquista del Peru, written in Spanish. It underscores the importance of dramatic literature during the colonial period and advances our understanding of the many ways in which cultural conflict is viewed and performed in a heterogeneous society...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)