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

Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 211 pages) Series Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 40 Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 40. 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 Summary 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 identities; counterfeits and forgery; and piracy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-205) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Spanish literature -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism Spanish American literature -- To 1800 -- History and criticism Mimesis in literature. Difference (Psychology) in literature. 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. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 0511013035 9780511013034 0511047525 9780511047527 0511153511 9780511153518 0511119305 9780511119309 9780511486173 0511486170 1280162236 9781280162237 1107122570 9781107122574 0511327935 9780511327933

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