Mimesis and Empire

The New World, Islam, and European Identities

By:

Barbara Fuchs

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture

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As powerful, pointed imitation, cultural mimesis can effect inclusion in a polity, threaten state legitimacy, or undo the originality upon which such legitimacy is based. 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.

Author Biography:

Barbara Fuchs is Assistant Professor of English and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Release date NZ

January 29th, 2004

Author

Barbara Fuchs

Audience

Professional & Vocational

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Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

228

Series

Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture

Dimensions

155x230x15

ISBN-13

9780521543507

Product ID

1977364

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