%0 Journal Article %T De la Conquista a la Independencia: Mariano Pic¨Žn-Salas y el lenguaje americano del ensayo %A Gomes %A Miguel %J Acta literaria %D 2007 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0717-68482007000100007 %X this article examines the links between mariano pic¨Žn-salasĄ¯s genre theory and the concept of nation proposed by a cultural history of spanish america, from conquest to independence. %K spanish american essay %K autochthony %K mestizo identity %K nation. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-68482007000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en