Mimesis and empire : the new world, Islam, and European identities /
Explores the dynamics of imitation among early modern European powers in literary and historiographical texts from sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Spain, Italy, England, and the New World. The author considers problems of reading and literary transmission; imperial ideology and colonial ide...
| Основен автор: | Fuchs, Barbara, 1970- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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| Серия: |
Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ;
40. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
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Print version::
Mimesis and empire. |
Съдържание:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on translations; Introduction; 1 Truth, fictions, and the New World; 2 Literary loyalties, imperial betrayals; 3 Lettered subjects; 4 Virtual Spaniards; 5 Faithless empires: pirates, renegadoes, and the English nation; 6 Pirating Spain; Conclusion: Contra originality; Notes; Bibliography; Index.