Poema heroyco hispano-latino panegyrico de la fundación, y grandezas de la muy noble, y leal ciudad de lima: 32 - Rilegato

De Valdes, Rodrigo

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1433134268 ISBN 13: 9781433134265

Casa editrice: Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2017

Riassunto

Poema heroyco hispano-latino (1687), a national chronicle or “epic poem,” commemorates the founding and greatness of Lima, Peru. Its unique rhymed quatrains can be read in either Latin or Spanish with equal meaning, and its insightful marginal notes interpret the city’s cultural history. Rodrigo de Valdés (1609–1682) underscores the decadence of peninsular Spanish letters in contrast to the compositions of New World writers. The poem is a tribute to the superiority, versatility, and interchangeability of Spanish and Latin as instruments of power that led to Spain’s world dominance, and to Lima as the locus of marvels and a quasi biblical garden of delights.

Lima has occupied without exception a privileged space within the colonial situation, as a metaphorical sovereign of new-world experiences and potentialities. Influenced by the spirit of Baroque sensibilities and Creole pride in his patria, Valdés bequeathed to Lima a staged panegyric that served as King Charles II’s introduction to the bounty of his American colony. Valdés, acting as commentator, guides the reader through a journey that spans centuries of Peru’s illustrious history. Working within the classical tradition of laus urbis or the praise of cities, Valdés depicts America as a paradise found with Lima at its center.

In tracing the poem’s relationship to the genre of classical panegyrics, Neal A. Messer and Jerry M. Williams argue its literary merits and elucidate how it enriches the colonial family of Latin American texts. Republished for the first time, this critical edition introduces Valdés to students and scholars of Ibero-American letters.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Neal A. Messer has published and lectured on colonial Latin American literature and history, and is currently preparing an edition of Andrés de León’s Historia del huérfano (1621). He holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic studies from University of Kentucky.

Jerry M. Williams, retired chairperson of the Department of Languages and Cultures at West Chester University, Pennsylvania, is the author of numerous books and essays on colonial historiography of the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. He received a Ph.D. in Spanish from Yale University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Peter Lang Pub Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1433134268
• ISBN 13: 9781433134265
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 302
• Redattore: Messer Neal A., Williams Jerry M.
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