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  1. Mimesis and empire
    the new world, Islam, and European identities
    Published: 2001
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0511013035; 0511047525; 0511119305; 0511153511; 0521543509; 0521801028; 9780511013034; 9780511047527; 9780511119309; 9780511153518; 9780521543507; 9780521801027
    Series: Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 40
    Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese; Difference (Psychology) in literature; Mimesis in literature; Spanish American literature; Spanish literature / Classical period; Bellettrie; Representatie (algemeen); Moslims; Amerikanen; Spanish literature; Spanish American literature; Mimesis in literature; Difference (Psychology) in literature; Chicanos; Literatur; Mimesis; Islambild; Kulturkontakt <Motiv>; Islam; Spanisch; Amerikabild
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 211 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-205) and index

    Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on translations; Introduction; 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; Notes; Bibliography; Index

    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