La Malinche in Mexican Literature by Sandra Messinge Cypess PAPERBACK

La Malinche in Mexican Literature\nby Sandra Messinge Cypess\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Sandra Messinge Cypess\nTitle: La Malinche in Mexican Literature\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literature: history and criticism\nPublisher: MU - University of Texas Press\nPublication year: 1991\nISBN-13: 9780292751347\nISBN-10: 0292751346\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nOf all the historical characters known from the time of the Spanish conquest of the New World, none has proved more pervasive or controversial than that of the Indian interpreter, guide, mistress, and confidante of Hern\u00E1n Cort\u00E9s, Do\u00F1a Marina\u2014La Malinche\u2014Malintzin. The mother of Cort\u00E9s''s son, she becomes not only the mother of the mestizo but also the Mexican Eve, the symbol of n.