Rhetorical conquests : Cortés, Gómara, and Renaissance imperialism / Glen Carman.
| Author/creator | Carman, Glen, 1963- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, ©2006. |
| Description | vii, 249 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Subjects |
| Series | Purdue studies in Romance literatures ; v. 35 Purdue studies in Romance literatures v. 35. ^A309168 |
| Contents | A brief account of events -- Accounting for the account -- Rhetoric and Renaissance historiography -- Cortés and Machiavelli -- Cortés's written authority : fabricating truth -- Conquering and convincing -- Competing accounts (1521-1552) -- History as biography : theory and practice in Gómara -- Gómara's protean hero -- Voice and irony -- Trusting the translator -- Gómara's Cortés defines himself -- Quelling a mutiny in Tlaxcala -- From idols to icons -- Renaissance ventriloquism -- Rendering Moctezuma harmless in Cortés's Segunda relación -- Gómara and the humanist revisions of surrender. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-241) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005032897 |
| ISBN | 1557534039 |
| ISBN | 9781557534033 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | F1230.C835 C37 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |