▁such ▁a ▁dram atic ▁point ▁that , ▁in ▁the ▁present , ▁her ▁work ▁is ▁no ▁longer ▁considered ▁legit imate ▁or ▁true ▁( on ▁the ▁contrary , ▁her ▁bi ography ▁is ▁now ▁disc arded ▁as ▁a ▁source ▁for ▁fant asy , ▁especially ▁for ▁its ▁lack ▁of ▁historical ▁object ivity ). ▁The ▁manifest ▁ide ological ▁character ▁that ▁the ▁text ▁also ▁displays ▁— and ▁that ▁Cl or inda ▁Mat to ▁does ▁not ▁pret end ▁to ▁cam ou fl age — ▁has ▁further ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁dismiss al ▁of ▁her ▁bi ographical ▁attempt ▁as ▁in ac cur ate . ▁It ▁is , ▁in ▁summary , ▁a verse ▁to ▁the ▁asp iration ▁to ▁truth ▁present ▁in ▁bi ographical ▁works ▁of ▁such ▁nature . ▁ ▁Clar ification ▁in ▁place , ▁it ▁is ▁non eth eless ▁necessary ▁to ▁briefly ▁refer ▁to ▁the ▁bi ography ▁of ▁Esp in osa ▁Med rano ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁composed ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 7 / 1 8 9 0 ▁by ▁Cl or inda ▁Mat to . ▁For ▁her ▁bi ography ▁is ▁still ▁the ▁most ▁influ ential ▁source ▁for ▁Per uv ian ▁popular ▁imagination ▁of ▁the ▁author , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁most ▁and ▁only ▁known ▁outside ▁of ▁the ▁academic ▁world . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Cl or inda ▁Mat to , ▁Juan ▁de ▁Esp in osa ▁Med rano ▁was ▁the ▁off spring ▁of ▁an ▁ind igen ous ▁conjug al ▁union , ▁that ▁of ▁Ag ust ín ▁Esp in osa ▁and ▁Pa ula ▁Med rano , ▁hum ble ▁parents ▁that ▁raised ▁their ▁little ▁child ▁" in