Discourses of empire : counter-epic literature in early modern Spain / Barbara Simerka.
| Author/creator | Simerka, Barbara, 1957- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2003. |
| Description | viii, 224 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Penn State studies in romance literatures Penn State studies in Romance literatures. ^A276204 |
| Contents | Toward a materialist poetics of counter-epic literature -- "So that the rulers might sleep without bad dreams" : imperial ideology and practices -- Liminal identity and polyphonic ideology in indiano drama -- The early modern history play as counter-epic mode : Cervantes's La destrucción de Numancia and Lope de Vega's Arauco domado -- The novelistic history play : Rojas Zorrilla's Numancia diptych and González de Bustos's Los españoles en Chile -- "War and lechery" : La gatomaquia and the burlesque epic. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-216) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003004688 |
| ISBN | 0271022825 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PQ6121.H5 S56 2003 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |