Front lines : soldiers' writing in the early modern Hispanic world /

Front Lines documents the literary practices of imperial Spain's common soldiers. The epic poems, chronicles, ballads, and autobiographies that these soldiers wrote at the front provide a critical view from below on state violence and imperial expansion.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martinez, Miguel (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. [2016]
Series:Material texts.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1dfnrx9
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Soldiers' Republic of Letters
  • 2. The Truth About War
  • 3. Rebellion, Captivity, and Survival
  • 4. New World War
  • 5. Home from War
  • Epilogue.