Mimesis and Empire

Barbara (University of Washington) Fuchs

Cambridge University Press, 2001

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This 2001 book 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.

ISBN-13
9780521801027
ISBN-10
0521801028
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
Publication date
2001-08-16
Pages
228
Dimensions
235x162x21
Weight
486