Glasgow University, UK
'The book covers an extraordinarily large and fascinating body of material produced in three languages over three centuries. Few, if any, other scholars would have the knowledge to analyse such a range. It's written in a scholarly yet engaging fashion, which will make it both accessible to a large readership and authoritative within its field.' - Peter Hulme, University of Essex, UK 'Brilliant... this will be a terrific book.' - Thomas Scanlan, Ohio University, USA 'A landmark book that suceeds in bridging cultural, linguistic and disciplinary divides, and demonstrates the value of a comparative approach to American literary studies.' - American Studies '[This book] attests to the vibrant state of contemporary scholarship in the once neglected area of American theater studies... Colonial Encounters in New World Writing brings together a valuable and impressive array of knowledge about drama and performance in the Spanish colonial era... It documents and makes accessible a history that has been unrecognized in English-dominated American Studies... Castillo brings a valuable theoretical perspective to this fascinating material... This book thus makes a unique and significant contribution to the understanding of cultural differences and interactions.' - William and Mary Quarterly 'Castillo displays a daunting command of the literatures of the colonial Americas.... Castillo's own American performance is thus precisely what she calls others, dazzling. ' - Josh Bellin, Early American Literature 'Castillo's book is a lively and engaging, erudite and convincing account of an extrodinarily wide range of materials...Castillo's ability to make accesible to the non-specialist such a divergent selection of material should ensure this book's place on reading-lists for many a year to come' - Thea Pitman, MLR