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Title Defying the inquisition in colonial New Mexico : Miguel de Quintana's life and writings / edited and translated by Francisco A. Lomelí and Clark A. Colahan ; foreword by Luis Leal
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2018
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Pasó por aquí
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Contents New Mexican poet in a state of disenchantment -- Two English translation of Miguel de Quintana's writings -- Spanish version of Miguel de Quintana's writings
Summary Miguel de Quintana was among those arriving in New Mexico with Diego de Vargas in 1694. He was active in his village of Santa Cruz de la Cañada where he was a notary and secretary to the alcalde mayor, functioning as a quasi-attorney. Being unusually literate, he also wrote personal poetry for himself and religious plays for his community. His conflicted life with local authorities began in 1734, when he was accused of being a heretic. What unfolded was a personal drama of intrigue before the colonial Inquisition. Francisco A. Lomelí and Clark Colahan dug deep into Inquisition archives to recover Quintana's writings, the second earliest in Hispanic New Mexico's literary heritage. First, they present an essay focused on Church and society in colonial New Mexico and on Quintana's life. The second portion is a translation of and critical look at Quintana's poetry and religious plays
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-213) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Quintana, Miguel de, 1677-1748.
SUBJECT Quintana, Miguel de, 1677-1748 fast
Subject POETRY -- Continental European.
Form Electronic book
Author Lomelí, Francisco A., editor
Colahan, Clark A. (Clark Andrews), 1945- editor.
ISBN 9780826339591
082633959X