| Description |
1 online resource (544 pages) |
| Series |
Library of Latin America |
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Library of Latin America.
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| Contents |
Contents; Series Editors' General Introduction; Introduction; About This Translation; Cecilia Valdés; Dedication; Prologue; Notes; Bibliography |
| Summary |
Cecilia Valdes is arguably the most important novel of 19th century Cuba. Originally published in New York City in 1882, Cirilo Villaverde's novel has fascinated readers inside and outside Cuba since the late 19th century. In this new English translation, a vast landscape emerges of the moral, political, and sexual depravity caused by slavery and colonialism. Set in the Havana of the 1830s, the novel introduces us to Cecilia, a beautiful light-skinned mulatta, who is being pursued by the son of a Spanish slave trader, named Leonardo. Unbeknownst to the two, they are the children of the same fa |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-501) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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| SUBJECT |
Cuba -- Fiction
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| Subject |
Cuba
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brouwers-Fischer, Sibylle
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Lane, Helen
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| ISBN |
9780199725236 |
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0199725233 |
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1282270613 |
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9781282270619 |
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9780199881741 |
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019988174X |
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