Andres Gonzalez De Barcia And the Creation of the Colonial Spanish American Library

by Carlyon, Jonathan Earl

• ISBN13: 9780802038456
• ISBN10: 080203845X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-30
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

One of early Enlightenment Spain?s most important scholars, Andrs Gonz/lez de Barcia (1673?1743) produced more than two dozen critical editions of some of Spain?s most significant works on the New World, many of which were already rare when he published them. In this highly original new book, Jonathan E. Carlyon traces Gonzlez de Barcia?s work as editor, bibliographer, and author, focusing on his program of scholarly republication that resulted in the creation of the first comprehensive colonial Spanish American library.Gonz2lez de Barcia established his collection to provide the historiography of the period with an order and clarity. He sought to underline what he considered to be the truth regarding colonial Spain by supplying his editions with marginal notes, prefatory writings, and scholarly indices. In so doing, he prepared the foundation for the modern study of colonial Spanish American letters.Andrs Gonzblez de Barcia and the Creation of the Colonial Spanish American Libraryis an investigation into Gonzlez de Barcia and his editorial agenda. It is essential to understanding the nature and importance of this great scholar and his contribution to the development of Spanish historiography, bibliography, and book history.

Author Biography

Jonathan Earl Carlyon is an assistant professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Colorado State University.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	ix
Introduction	3	(15)
1 Andrés González de Barcia as Commentator in the First Phase of His Scholarship on the Historiography of the Indies	18	(34)
2 The Epitome de la Biblioteca, Before: Seventeenth-Century Conceptualizations of the Bibliographical Mission: Antonio de León Pinelo and Nicolás Antonio	52	(35)
3 The Epitome de la Biblioteca, After: Bibliography as a Reflection of Andrés González de Barcia's Intellectual Project for New World Scholarship	87	(31)
4 Andrés González de Barcia's Creation of the Spanish American Library and His Edition of Gregorio Garcia's Origen de los Indios	118	(47)
5 The Index as a Scholarly and Political Tool in the Americanist Editions of Andrés González de Barcia	165	(36)
Appendix: Complete Bibliography of González de Barcia's Americanist Editions (1720-1743)	201	(6)
Notes	207	(16)
Works Cited	223	(16)
Index	239