| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 287 pages) |
| Series |
Writing the early Americas |
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Writing the early Americas.
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| Contents |
La Famosa Filadelfia -- The Trans-American Elite -- Faith in Print -- Anonymously Yours: Republican Man -- Leaving Filadelfia, or Archival Dislocations |
| Summary |
"Letters from Filadelfia examines Spanish-language writing published in Philadelphia in the early nineteenth century by exiles, travelers, and immigrants who sought to influence sociopolitical conditions throughout the Americas. These political tracts, economic treatises, histories, novels, and books of poetry would have been considered seditious in the colonial territories administered by Spain, and they circulated throughout Central and South America and the Caribbean, helping to inspire independence all over the region. Lazo shows how this most American of cities opened conversations about political organization and economic conditions that crossed from the English language to Spanish and back"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 13, 2020) |
| Subject |
Spanish literature -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History and criticism
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Spanish literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
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Spanish literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Intellectual life
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Spanish literature
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| SUBJECT |
Hispanic Americans -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
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Hispanic Americans -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
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| Subject |
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019980184 |
| ISBN |
9780813943565 |
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0813943566 |
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