The Task of the Editor: Conceptual Mapping, Conquest, and Information Management in the Araucana.
This essay addresses the relationship between information practices, literary texts, and empire in the Early Modern period by analyzing an unusual glossary included in early editions of Alonso de Ercilla's epic poem the Araucana (1569–1589). Existing research has focused principally on the poem itse...
| Published in: | Hispanic Review Vol. 93; no. 4; pp. 601 - 627 |
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