The folklore of Spain in the American Southwest: Traditional Spanish folk literature in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado

By Aurelio M. Espinosa Jr.

Book Overview

The region of northern New Mexico and Colorado holds a unique place in the world of Spanish folk literature. Despite isolation from the Spanish-speaking world for most of its history, It has retained much of its Hispanic folkloric heritage from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- ballads, songs, poems, folk-tales, sayings proverbs, riddles, and folk drama.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080611942X
• ISBN13: 9780806119427
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.