Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Overview: The Polemics of Possession in Spanish American Narrative -- 2 Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala and the Polemics of Possession -- 3 Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Polemicist and Author -- 4 Councilors Warring at the Royal Court -- 5 Historians of War and Princely Warriors -- 6 The Encomendero and His Literary Interlocutors -- 7 The Conquistador-Chronicler and His Literary Authority -- 8 The Amerindian, Studied, Interpreted, and Imagined -- 9 The Narrative Invention of Gonzalo the Warrior -- 10 The Narrative Reinvention of the Conqueror-Captive -- 11 From Guancane to Macondo: Literary Places and Their Predecessors -- 12 Seeing Ghosts: The Longevity of ''Serpents in Sandals'' -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.