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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 2 2 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 18: Prescott and Motley (search)
e reader on. Or is it that Bernal Diaz carries the story triumphantly up to the Aztec city? Prescott's method of assimilating his authority, instead of giving excerpts, was used to good purpose here, and his paraphrases are very vivid. For instance, in describing the Spanish army as it came in sight of the lake-city: A scene so new and wonderful filled their rude hearts with amazement. It seemed like enchantment and they could find nothing to compare it with but the magic pictures in Amadis de Gaula. This is a clever turn to the simple statement by the chronicler of the Spaniards' first impressions of the Aztec city. Bernal Diaz, the veteran soldier, unskilled in letters, moved to set down his recollections of the great events in which he had participated half a century back, because Gomara's official history gave Cortes undue, and his comrades insufficient, credit for the Conquest, was a delightful guide to follow. His untaught phrases are alive and Prescott makes them more so
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
Alcott, Amos Bronson, 16, 17, 20, 21, 24, 28, 165, 267 Alcott, Louisa M., 402, 403, 407 Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 242, 278, 281, 376, 377, 381, 384 n., 385, 386, 401, 405 Alexander, Archibald, 208, 219 Alexander, James W., 208 Alexander, John W., 331 Alexander, Joseph A., 208 Alger, Horatio, Jr., 403, 404 Alice of Monmouth, 276 Allan, John, 55, 56, 57 Allan, Mrs., John, 57 Allen, James Lane, 388, 390 All quiet along the Potomac, 303 Allston, Washington, 207 Amadis de Gaula, 128 Amaranth, the, 174, 369 Amber gods, the, 373, 385 America, 226 American annals, 108 American Anthology, 304 American Apollo, the, 161 American archives, the, 120, 121, 122 American biography, 114 American historical review, 75 n. American literary criticism, 63 n. American magazine, the, 161 American moral and sentimental magazine, the, 161 American Museum or repository of ancient and modern Fugitive pieces, prose and poetical, the, 161 American quar