Mimesis and Empire : The New World, Islam, and European Identities (Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture, Vol. 40)

Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, U.S.A., 2001,

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Author

Fuchs, Barbara

Publishers

Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, U.S.A., 2001

Cover description

Fine

Binding description

Dust jacket

Yes

State of preservation

Fine

Binding

Hardcover

Inscribed

First edition

Description

1st edition. Cloth, dj, F/F. xii+211pp, index, a nice fine as new copy. 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.