The Spectacular City, Mexico, and Colonial Hispanic Literary Culture

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The Spectacular City, Mexico, and Colonial Hispanic Literary Culture Stephanie Merrim University of Texas Press Austin Copyright © 2010 by Stephanie Merrim All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2010 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/bpermission.html ○ ∞ The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Merrim, Stephanie. The spectacular city, Mexico, and colonial Hispanic literary culture / Stephanie Merrim. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-292-72307-8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Mexico City (Mexico)—Social life and customs—16th century. 2. Mexico City (Mexico)—Social life and customs— 17th century. 3. Festivals—Mexico—Mexico City—History— 16th century. 4. Festivals—Mexico—Mexico City—History— 17th century. 5. Mexico City (Mexico)—Intellectual life—16th century. 6. Mexico City (Mexico)—Intellectual life—17th century. 7. Mexico City (Mexico)—In literature. I. Title. F1386.2.M47 2010 972′.5302—dc22 2010019015 ...