The Hispanic World and American Intellectual Life, 1820–1880
This book examines why several American literary and intellectual icons became pioneering scholars of the Hispanic world after Independence and the War 1812. At this crucial time for the young republic, these gifted Americans found inspiration in an unlikely place: the collapsing Spanish empire and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan US
2007, 2007
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| Series: | Studies of the Americas
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book examines why several American literary and intellectual icons became pioneering scholars of the Hispanic world after Independence and the War 1812. At this crucial time for the young republic, these gifted Americans found inspiration in an unlikely place: the collapsing Spanish empire and used it to shape their own country's identity |
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| Physical Description: | X, 256 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781137014917 |