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Since its original appearance in 1949, Irving A. Leonard's
pioneering Books of the Brave has endured as the classic account of
the introduction of literary culture to the Spanish New World.
Leonard's study documents the works of fiction that accompanied and
followed the conquistadores to the Americas and argues that popular
texts influenced these men and shaped the way they thought and
wrote about their experiences. Â UC Press's 1992 edition
combines Leonard's text with a selection of the documents that were
his most valuable sources—nine lists of books destined for the
Indies. Containing a wealth of information, these lists provide the
documentary evidence for what is perhaps Leonard's greatest
contribution: his demonstration that royal and inquisitorial
prohibitions failed to control the circulation of books and ideas
in colonial Spanish America. Â Rolena Adorno's introduction
reaffirms the lasting value of Books of the Brave and chronicles
developments in cultural-historical studies that have shed light on
the role of books in Spanish American colonial culture. Adorno
situates Leonard's work at the threshold between older,
triumphalist views of Spanish conquest history and more recent
perspectives engendered by studies of native American peoples.
 With its rich descriptions of the book trade in both Spain
and America, Books of the Brave has much to offer historians as
well as literary critics. Indeed, it is a highly readable and
engaging book for anyone interested in the cultural life of the New
World. Â This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived
program, which commemorates University of California Press’s
mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them
voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893,
Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship
accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title
was originally published in 1992.
Since its original appearance in 1949, Irving A. Leonard's
pioneering Books of the Brave has endured as the classic account of
the introduction of literary culture to the Spanish New World.
Leonard's study documents the works of fiction that accompanied and
followed the conquistadores to the Americas and argues that popular
texts influenced these men and shaped the way they thought and
wrote about their experiences. UC Press's 1992 edition combines
Leonard's text with a selection of the documents that were his most
valuable sources-nine lists of books destined for the Indies.
Containing a wealth of information, these lists provide the
documentary evidence for what is perhaps Leonard's greatest
contribution: his demonstration that royal and inquisitorial
prohibitions failed to control the circulation of books and ideas
in colonial Spanish America. Rolena Adorno's introduction reaffirms
the lasting value of Books of the Brave and chronicles developments
in cultural-historical studies that have shed light on the role of
books in Spanish American colonial culture. Adorno situates
Leonard's work at the threshold between older, triumphalist views
of Spanish conquest history and more recent perspectives engendered
by studies of native American peoples. With its rich descriptions
of the book trade in both Spain and America, Books of the Brave has
much to offer historians as well as literary critics. Indeed, it is
a highly readable and engaging book for anyone interested in the
cultural life of the New World. This title is part of UC Press's
Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California
Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and
give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to
1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship
accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title
was originally published in 1992.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which
commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out
and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and
impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes
high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1962.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which
commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out
and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and
impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes
high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1962.
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