Polemics, literature, and knowledge in eighteenth-century Mexico : a new world for the Republic of Letters / José Francisco Robles.

[Liverpool] : Published by Liverpool University Press on behalf of ; Oxford : Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford, [2021]

©2021

xv, 387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes passages in Spanish, some with English translation.

"Taking a multisided approach to Mexican culture of the era, this book's analysis of literary texts engages with an exploration of such concepts as the Republic of Letters and the archive, as well as their connections to transatlantic polemics on knowledge production in the New World and debates on philosophical systems of learning. It furthermore draws upon the history of science in Mexico in order to trace the development of scientific thought and its influence on culture, religion, and fiction. This study proposes that eighteenth-century Mexican writers sought to establish a place within a global scholarly community for their local literary republic through the formation of scholarly networks, the historical exploration of the past and present, and the creation of new epistemological approaches to literary production inspired by Enlightenment ideas."--Page 4 of cover.

Polemics, literature, and knowledge in 18th-century Mexico

ebook version :

English; Spanish

June 15, 2021

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-372) and index.