Mimesis and empire : the new world, Islam, and European identities /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fuchs, Barbara, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Series:Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 40.
Subjects:
To 1800
Spanish literature > Classical period, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Spanish American literature > To 1800 > History and criticism.
Mimesis in literature.
Difference (Psychology) in literature.
Littérature hispano-américaine > Jusqu'à 1800 > Histoire et critique.
Mimêsis dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
Difference (Psychology) in literature
Mimesis in literature
Spanish American literature
Spanish literature > Classical period
Bellettrie.
Representatie (algemeen)
Moslims.
Amerikanen.
Europa (geografie)
Amerika.
Islamitische wereld.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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