Description

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This book anaThis book analyzes how Lope de Aguirre's exaltation by the Latin American left represented not only the heroic struggle against empires, but also the wrathful dimension of the anti-imperialist and liberationist imagination, which was capable of justifying vengeful and tyrannical projects in an attempt to reestablish historical balance.lyzes how Lope de Aguirre's exaltation by the Latin American left represented not only the heroic struggle against empires, but also the wrathful dimension of the anti-imperialist and liberationist imagination, which was capable of justifying vengeful and tyrannical projects in an attempt to reestablish historical balance.

About the Author

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Alfredo Ignacio Poggi is assistant professor of literature and cultural studies in the Spanish and Portuguese department at the University of North Georgia.