Wazalwa uFrances Erskine Inglis futhi kamuva washada noDon Angel Calderón de la Barca, waduma ngemuva kokuthola isibongo somyeni wakhe, undunankulu wesifundazwe saseSpain eMexico, futhi esehambele ezweni lethu. Kukulo muzi lapho ashada khona noCalderón de la Barca.
Wazalwa uFrances Erskine Inglis futhi kamuva washada noDon Angel Calderón de la Barca, waduma ngemuva kokuthola isibongo somyeni wakhe, undunankulu wesifundazwe saseSpain eMexico, futhi esehambele ezweni lethu. Kwakukulo muzi lapho ashada khona noCalderón de la Barca.
Wafika naye eMexico ngasekupheleni kukaDisemba 1839 futhi wahlala ezweni kwaze kwaba nguJanuwari 1842. Ngaleso sikhathi, uMadame Calderón de la Barca wagcina ukubhala izincwadi eziningi nomndeni wakhe, okwamsiza ukuba ashicilele incwadi emangalisayo, eyakhiwe izincwadi ezingamashumi amahlanu nane, ezinesihloko esithi Life in Mexico ngesikhathi sokuhlala iminyaka emibili kulelozwe, nazo ezashicilelwa eLondon ngesingeniso esifushane sikaPrescott.
Le ncwadi ithatha indawo evelele ohlwini olubanzi lwezincwadi esize sazibiza ngokuthi "uhambo" noma "lwabahambi eMexico" futhi eziwela ngaphansi kohlaka lwezincwadi zababhali bamanye amazwe ezavela phakathi kuka-1844 no-1860. , ILife eMexico ngesikhathi sokuhlala iminyaka emibili kuleliya lizwe.
Okufanele ukuba ngowokuqala ukwethula uMadame Calderón kuzikhulumi zaseSpain kungokaDon Manuel Romero de Terreros, Marquis waseSan Francisco, wakushicilela futhi wayephethe ukuhunyushwa kokuqala kweSpanish kweLife eMexico…, okwenziwe nguDon Enrique UMartínez Sobral, waseRoyal Spanish Academy ngo-1920. Ngaphambi nangemva kokuhumusha, ongqondongqondo abaningi baseMexico, abagxeki nobuntu banikeza umbono wabo ngomsebenzi wakhe ngendlela enhle noma embi. Ngokwesibonelo, kuDon Manuel Toussaint, le ncwadi yayibonakala iyincazelo eningiliziwe nephakamisa izwe lethu ”; UManuel Payno ucabanga ukuthi izincwadi zakhe zimane nje zingama “satires” kanti u-Altamirano, onothando, ubhala ukuthi “Ngemuva (kukaHumboldt) cishe bonke ababhali basinyundele, kusukela kuLöwerstern noNkk. Calderón de la Barca, kubabhali Inkantolo kaMaximilian ”.
Kodwa-ke, amanothi ngaye ambalwa, ngaphandle kwalowo owamenza waba yiYucatecan ephawuleka, uJusto Sierra O'Reilly, obhala kwiDayari yakhe, ngesikhathi ehlala eWashington, esinye sezigcawu ezimbalwa ezilotshwe ngaye: “Ekuhambeleni kokuqala lapho ngaba nenhlonipho yokukhokha uDon Angel, wangazisa kuNkk Calderón, unkosikazi wakhe. UMadama Calderón wayesevele esaziwa kimi njengombhali, ngoba ngangifunde incwadi yakhe eMexico, ebhalwe ngethalente nangomusa owenele, yize eminye yemibono yakhe yayingabonakali kahle. UMadama Calderón ungamukele ngenhlonipho nangomusa okuyizici zakhe futhi okwenza ukuxhumana kwakhe nabantu kube mnandi. (…) Ukuxhumana kwabo kwakusanda kwenzeka lapho uDon Angel edluliselwa eMexico ngokwesikhundla sakhe njengongqongqoshe omkhulu futhi uMadama Calderón wayesesimweni sokunikeza amanye amacebo alayishwe esithombeni ayehlongoza ukusidweba kusuka kulokho okuvelayo. Angazi noma ngabe uzisolile ngokushaywa okuthile okwanikezwa kulowo mdwebo waseMexico; engingakusho ukuthi akathandi kakhulu ukuqagelwa kwencwadi yakhe, futhi uvikela ithuba lokukhuluma ngayo. UMadama Calderón ungowenhlangano yababhishobhi; Futhi yize ubuhlakani bomyeni wakhe kanye nokuhlakanipha kwakhe kungazange kumvumele ukuba aqondise okuncane kakhulu kulokhu, noma ngabe uDon Angel wayephethwe yisiyezi (amagama akhe angokoqobo) wokumphelezela ngeSonto emnyango wesonto lamaProthestani, bese eya yena kumaKatolika; nokho leyonkosikazi enhle ngokungangabazeki yayiqiniseka ngamaqiniso obuKhatholika, ngoba ngaphambi nje kokufika kwami eWashington wayesemukele isidlo saseRoma. UMnu. Calderón de la Barca wangitshela ngalo mcimbi ngentshiseko eqotho kangangokuba wahlonipha inhliziyo yakhe futhi wafakazela ubuKhatholika bakhe beqiniso. UMadame Calderón ukhuluma kahle ngezilimi eziyinhloko zanamuhla; ufundile kahle, futhi ubengumphefumulo womphakathi okhaliphile ohlangane endlini yakhe. "
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