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Specters of conquest : indigenous absence in transatlantic literatures /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lifshey, Adam
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:American literatures initiative
Subjects:
Comparative literature > Theory, etc.
Literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
America > Civilization.
Western Hemisphere > In literature.
America > In literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Columbus the haunted. The diary of the first voyage and William Carlos Williams's "The discovery of the Indies"
  • 2. Indigenous atextualizations. The Popol Vuh and I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian woman in Guatemala
  • 3. Castaway Colonialism. Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe" and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's account
  • 4. Apparitions of Africa. Leoncio Evita's "When the combes fought" and Jose Martí's "Our America"
  • 5. Subjunctive America. Thomas Pynchon's "Mason & Dixon" and Gabriel García Márquez's "Love in the time of cholera."