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Author Knapp, Jeffrey (Professor of English)

Title An empire nowhere : England, America, and literature from Utopia to The tempest / Jeffrey Knapp
Published Berkeley ; London : University of California Press, [1992]
((1994[printing]))
©1992

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 MELB  821.3 K672/E 1992  DUE 03-04-24
Description xvi, 387 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24cm
Series The new historicism : studies in cultural poetics ; 16
new historicism : studies in cultural poetics ; 16
Analysis America
English literature
Notes Bibliography: p345-372. - Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 345-372. - Includes index
Notes A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program
Subject More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535. Utopia.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest.
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599. Faerie queene.
Colonies in literature.
English literature -- American influences.
English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
Imperialism in literature.
Literature and history -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Geographical myths in literature.
Literature and history -- England -- History -- 17th century.
Utopias in literature.
SUBJECT Americas -- In literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114181
Americas -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004240 -- English
LC no. 91028690
ISBN 0520073622 (paperback)
ABBREV TI AN EMPIRE NOWHERE: ENGLAND, AMERICA, & LITERATURE FROM UTOPIA TO THE TEMPEST
Other Titles An empire nowhere