Representing the New World

The English and French Uses of the Example of Spain

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

978 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Beskrivning

Representing the New World argues for the importance of Spain in the New World as an example of France and England in their efforts to establish colonies and suggests that this example was ambivalent and contradictory as well as surprisingly persistent in the representations of Spain in French and English texts concerning the Americas.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-09-15
Mått:140 x 216 x 28 mm
Vikt:480 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:351
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349386017

Utforska kategorier

Mer om författaren

Jonathan Hart is a poet, critic, historian, and author of Theater and World, Breath and Dust, Representing the New World, Empires and Colonies, Musing, Dreamwork, From Shakespeare to Obama. He has held appointments and visiting appointments at Toronto, Cambridge, Alberta, the Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III), Princeton, Harvard and elsewhere. His work has been translated into many languages.

Recensioner i media

Although a study of rhetoric and literary texts, Hart's unique study will interest all students of the early modern age of exploration. Choice

Innehållsförteckning

* Establishing and Questioning Empire, 1492-1547 * Uncertainty and Strife, 1548-1566 * Facing the Greatness of Spain , 1567-1588 * The Making of Permanent Colonies, 1589-1642 * Rivaling and Succeeding Spain, 1643-1713