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Épica caballeresca, crónicas de Indias y relato de viajes. Más sobre la narración de la batalla de Chupas (1542) en Paisajes peruanos de José de la Riva-Agüero

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    Statement of Responsibility:
    Wiesse Rebagliati, Jorge
    Main Author:
    Wiesse Rebagliati, Jorge

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    Format:
    Journal article
    Language:
    Spanish; Castilian
    Form / Genre:
    text (article)
    Published:
    2021
    In:
    Hipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro ISSN 2328-1308 Vol. 9, Nº. 2, 2021, pags. 745-752
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    The historical account of the battle of Chupas (September 16th, 1542) that José de la Riva-Agüero (Lima, 1885-1944) includes in chapter XI of Paisajes peruanos (Peruvian Landscapes), 1955, has generic traits more akin to an epic or a chivalric novel than to the chronicles of the Indies. The present paper continues another that advances that observation. It focuses on two characters: a tragic one, Diego de Almagro el Mozo, and a comic one (albeit with epic grandeur), Francisco de Carbajal. To do so, a comparison between Riva-Agüero's text and the chronicles by Pedro Cieza de León, Agustín de Zárate and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega is offered


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