Epic, empire, and community in the Atlantic world : Silvestre de Balboa's Espejo de paciencia / Raúl Marrero-Fente.
| Author/creator | Marrero-Fente, Raúl |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press, ©2008. |
| Description | 186 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory. ^A476343 |
| Contents | Introduction : the epic ghost and colonial studies -- Epic poetry and the Hispanic Atlantic -- Silvestre de Balboa : a poet for two islands -- Epic and archive : Espejo de paciencia and the invention of Cuban literature -- The descent of the Hamadryads : myth and nature in Espejo de paciencia -- Epic and empire : the poetics of community in Espejo de paciencia. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-183) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007034518 |
| ISBN | 9780838757024 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0838757022 (alk. paper) |