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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fuchs, Barbara, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Colección:Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 40.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.