El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega : su obra y varias disquisiciones

Abstract

In this paper the author discusses Inca Garcilaso’s childhood in Cusco and his adulthood and passing in Spain; his relationship with his Inca mother and his Spanish-conqueror father; and the vision and chronicle of the indigenous world based on oral accounts recreated in the Comentarios reales (1609) and Historia general del Perú (1617). She also emphasizes the criticism of Peruvian antiquity, specifically anthropophagy. The author addresses in addition the influence of Pedro Cieza de León and Blas Valera, Garcilaso’s possible encounter with Cervantes, and his literary friendships. Moreover, she draws parallels between Garcilaso and New Spain’s chronicler Sigüenza y Góngora.