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- catalog abstract ""In Mimesis and Empire Barbara Fuchs explores the intricate dynamics of imitation and contradistinction 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, both portrayed as 'other' in contemporary texts. 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12251463.
- catalog coverage "America In literature.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""In Mimesis and Empire Barbara Fuchs explores the intricate dynamics of imitation and contradistinction 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, both portrayed as 'other' in contemporary texts. 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-205) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 211 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0521801028".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 40".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "America In literature.".
- catalog subject "860.9/12 21".
- catalog subject "Difference (Psychology) in literature.".
- catalog subject "Mimesis in literature.".
- catalog subject "PQ6066 .F83 2001".
- catalog subject "Spanish American literature To 1800 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Spanish literature Classical period, 1500-1700 History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Mimesis and empire : the new world, Islam, and European identities / Barbara Fuchs.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".