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