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Empire's companion : Virgilian epics from colonial Iberoamerica /

"A study of how Latin poetry shaped colonial aspirations in sixteenth- to eighteenth-century South and Central America. Accompanying Iberian colonizers to the Americas, Virgil's Aeneid inspired generations of colonial elites to write their own epic poems in Latin-priming imaginations for S...

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Main Author:	Valdivieso, Erika (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English Latin
Published:	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2026.
Subjects:	Virgil > Influence. Latin poetry > Influence. Brazil > History > 1500-1548. Mexico > History > Conquest, 1519-1540. Poésie latine > Influence. Brésil > Histoire > 1500-1548. Mexique > Histoire > 1519-1540 (Conquête) LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American. LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical.

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