Spanish American literature, a history. Translated from the Spanish by John V. Falconieri.

Translation of Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana.

Bibliography: p. 561-565.

WAR, NEWBERY,

Part One: the colony -- I. 1492-1556 -- Authors born between 1451-1530 -- Historical framework: Catholic monarchs and Charles V. -- Cultural tendencies: first renaissance -- The chronicles: -- Columbus / Columbus' men / The controversy over the indians / Father Las Casas / Conquest and learning: Oviedo / Conquistadors in Mexico: Cortés, Bernal / Missionaries in Mexico: Sahagún, Motolinía / The defenseless spaniard: Cabeza de vaca / Chronicles of the conquest of Peru: Cieza de León, Zárate, Sarmiento de Gamboa / Chronicles of New Granada: Giménez de Quesada / The amazons: Carvajal / In the region of the Río de la Plata: Hernández / The theater / Renaissance literature: Castellanos, Cervantes de Salazar, Terrazas / Fantasy and the new world II. 1556-1598 -- Authors born between 1530-1570 -- Historical framework: Philip II. -- Cultural tendencies: second renaissance and courter reformation -- Chronicles: -- Acosta, Suárez de Peralta / the inca Garcilaso de la Vega / Prosperous and poor lands: Díaz de Guzmán / Epic literature: Ercilla / La Araucana's sequels / The state of literature / Satire: Oquendo / The theater: González de Eslava -- III. 1598-1701 -- Authors born between 1570 and 1675 -- Historical framework: the colonies under the decadence of the last Hapsburgs -- Cultural tendencies: from the renaissance to the boroque -- The Spanish Boroque / The Boroque comes to America / Plan / Chronicles, treatises, and didactic books: Gaspar de Villarroel, Ovalle, Piedrahita, Oviedo y banos / Novelistic sketches: Rodríguez Freile, Núnez de Pineda y Bascunán / Spanish writers in Amierca and Hispanic-American writers in Spain / Juan Ruiz de Alarcón / Theater / Poetry / Bernardo de Balbuena / Heroic and religious epics: Balboa, Hojeda, Ona / Other Boroque poets in South America: Domínguez Camargo, Espinosa y Medrano / Satire: Caviedes / Gongorism in Mexico: Siguenza y Góngora / Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz / Mysticism: Mothe Castillo IV. 1701-1759 -- Authors born between 1675 and 1735: -- Historical framework: The Bourbons take over the Spanish throne -- Cultural tendencies: The end of the Baroque. The Rococo. -- From scholasticism to the Englightenment / Chronicles, treatises, and didactic books: Lacunza, Ulloa / From the Baroque to the Rococo: Peralta Barnuevo / Theater: Santiago de Pita / Prose / Poetry / Baroque poetry: Aguirre / Rococo poetry -- V. 1759-1788 -- Authors born between 1735 and 1760 -- Historical framework: Reforms of Charles III. -- Cultural tendencies: The Enlightenment and neoclassicism -- Polemics on the inferiority of the New World / Expulsion of the Jesuits / Scientific and didactic activities: Mutis / Thought of the Enlightenment: Olavide, Santa Cruz y Espejo, Concolorcorvo / The theater / Journalism / Novelistic prose: Bolanos / Poetry / Satire VI. 1788-1808 -- Authors born between 1760 and 1780 -- Historical framework: Charles IV and Fernando VII -- Cultural tendencies: Neoclassicism -- Religious, philosophic, and political ideas: Friar Servando Teresa de Mier / Journalism / The theater / Imaginative prose / Acosta Enríquez / Poetry: Navarrete, Rubalcava, Zequeira y Arango, Terralla y Landa / On the threshold of independence -- Part two: One hundred years of the republic -- VII. 1808-1824 -- Authors born between 1780 and 1800 -- Historial framework: wars of independence -- Cultural tendencies: Neoclassicalism and the first indications of Romanticism -- Neoclassical liberalism -- Poetry -- Neoclassical poetry: Olmedo / Andres Bello / More neoclassical poets: Cruz Varela -- Popular poetry: Melgar / Origin of the Gaucho literature: Hildalgo -- The novel: Lizardi / Sundry prose / the theater / pre-romanticism.