Introduction: A Key Text for the Early Americas

• Published in: Early American literature Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 667 - 674
• Main Author: Lamas, Carmen E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The University of North Carolina Press 01.10.2023

For almost two centuries, the author and the editors of the first historical novel in Spanish published in the Americas, Jicotencal , remained unnamed. On the basis of documentary evidence, this symposium identifies the author as Cayetano Lanuza, and the true editors of the book as the New York firm...