The Dido Episode in Ercilla's "La Araucana" and the Critique of Empire.
This essay examines the Dido episode in Alonso de Ercilla's "La Araucana." Set in the New World but referring to the Mediterranean context, this episode should be read together with other digressions within the poem equally critical of the Spanish Empire, such as the visions of Bellona and Fitón whi...
| Publicado en: | Hispanic Review Vol. 77; no. 1; pp. 31 - 68 |
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