The Daring Flight of My Pen: Cultural Politics and Gaspar Perez de Villagra's Historia de la Nueva Mexico, 1610

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.

Author: Genaro M. Padilla
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Unm Press
Published: 02/15/2011
Series: Pasó Por Aquí the Nuevomexicano Literary Heritage
Pages: 167
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780826349705


Award: MLA Prize - Honorable Mention