Introduction: Colonization, Modernity, and the Editorialization of the Americas

This introduction prefaces a compact essay cluster on editorial and textual thought in Spanish America. Providing several examples of editorial influence throughout Spanish American textual history, this essay provides an overview of the evolution of the largely imposed editorialization of Spanish America by colonial and then both regional and global forces. The essay then gives an overview of the three articles included in the dossier and their adeptness in introducing Textual Cultures’ readers to the field of Spanish American editorial and textual studies.