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González Espitia, Juan Carlos

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A History of the Writerly Pox in the Eighteenth-Century Hispanic World Juan Carlos González Espitia

Syphilis was a prevalent affliction in the era of the Americas’ colonization, creating widespread anxiety that is indicated in the period’s literature across numerous fields. Reflecting Spaniards’ political prejudices of the period, it was alternately labeled "mal francés" or "el mal de las Indias... More