This Spanish-language work examines the life and works of the Dominican priest and essayist Antonio Sánchez Valverde (1729-90). The first chapter is an introduction to the history of his birthplace, Hispaniola (present-day Dominican Republic). It begins with the discovery of the New World and concludes with the first indications of a sense of identity within the colonizers. The second chapter undertakes the creation of a biography of Sánchez Valverde, first by tracing his Spanish lineage, then by outlining his intellectual formation in Europe and America. Subsequently the chapter attempts a definition of the essay and places his works within that genre. The third chapter examines his most famous, but understudied work: Idea del valor de la Isla Española (Madrid, 1785). This chapter establishes the affinities of the author with a common polemic of his day, namely, the Old World-New World Polemic which argued for the superiority of Europe over America. Accordingly, Sánchez Valverde published his Idea del valor to establish that his homeland was as rich and promising as any country of the Old World. The fourth chapter analyzes Sánchez Valverde's contribution to the controversy regarding the origin of syphilis through his book La América vindicada de la calumnia de haber sido madre del mal venéreo (Madrid, 1785). This chapter examines Sánchez Valverde's sources, and although no final resolution of this dispute is established, ample evidence and discussion is offered on both sides. Finally, the dissertation includes a summary of the author's conclusions based on his research, followed by a lengthy list of works consulted.
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"...The greatest contribution of this work is its analysis of the popular 18th Century controversy of the superiority of Europe..." -- La Trinitaria, July 30, 1994
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