Mimesis and Empire: The New World, Islam, and European Identities
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture Series)
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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 , first published in 2001, 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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0521801028
ISBN13:9780521801027
Release Date:September 2001
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:228 Pages
Weight:1.11 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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