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Writing captivity in the early modern Atlantic : circulations of knowledge and authority in the Iberian and English imperial worlds /

Drawing on texts written by and about European and Euro-American captives in a variety of languages and genres, this book explores the role of captivity in the production of knowledge, identity, and authority in the early modern imperial world. The practice of captivity attests to the violence that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Voigt, Lisa (Associate professor) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
Colección:Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: The "True History" of Captivity Narratives in the Iberian Empires; CHAPTER TWO: Captivity, Exile, and Interpretation in el Inca Garcilaso de la Vega's La Florida del Inca; CHAPTER THREE: The Captive Subject and the Creole Author in Francisco Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán's Cautiverio feliz y razón individual de las guerras dilatadas del reino de Chile; CHAPTER FOUR: Writing Home: The Captive Hero in José de Santa Rita Durão's Caramuru.
  • CHAPTER FIVE: "An English Harvest of Spanish and Portugall Seede": Captives and Captured Texts in English New World WritingConclusion: Comparative Crossings; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.