New World Postcolonial - The Political Thought of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

Presents the first full-length study to treat both parts of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega's foundational text Royal Commentaries of the Incas as a seminal work of political thought in the formation of the early Americas and the early-modern period. It is also explores the Commentaries as a "mestizo rhetoric", written to subtly address both native Andean readers and Hispano-Europeans.

About the author

James W. Fuerst is an assistant professor of writing, chair of writing, and co-chair of literary studies at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, The New School University.

Summary

The first full-length study to treat both parts of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega's foundational text Royal Commentaries of the Incas as a seminal work of political thought in the formation of the early Americas and the early-modern period.

Product details

• Authors: James Fuerst, James W Fuerst, James W. Fuerst
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9780822965404
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6540-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: Pitt Illuminations; Pitt Illuminations; Illuminations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous