Mimesis and Empire The New World, Islam, and European Identities |
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| Author:
| Fuchs, Barbara |
| Contribution by:
| Barton, Anne
Dollimore, Jonathan
Garber, Marjorie
Goldberg, Jonathan
Holland, Peter
McLuskie, Kate
Orgel, Stephen
Vickers, Nancy |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-80102-7 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2001 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $132.95 |
Book Description:
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Here the author 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 book considers a broad sweep of material, including European representations of New World subjects and of Islam. It supplements the transatlantic perspective on early modern imperialism with an awareness of the situation in the Mediterranean and considers problems of...
More DescriptionHere the author 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 book considers a broad sweep of material, including European representations of New World subjects and of Islam. It supplements the transatlantic perspective on early modern imperialism with an awareness of the situation in the Mediterranean and considers problems of reading and literary transmission; imperial ideology and colonial identities; counterfeits and forgery; and piracy.