Representing Imperial Rivalry in the Early Modern Mediterranean (UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series) - Hardcover

Barbara Fuchs; Emily Weissbourd

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 144264902X ISBN 13: 9781442649026

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2015

Synopsis

Representing Imperial Rivalry in the Early Modern Mediterranean explores representations of national, racial, and religious identities within a region dominated by the clash of empires. Bringing together studies of English, Spanish, Italian, and Ottoman literature and cultural artifacts, the volume moves from the broadest issues of representation in the Mediterranean to a case study - early modern England - where the "Mediterranean turn" has radically changed the field. The essays in this wide-ranging literary and cultural study examine the rhetoric which surrounds imperial competition in this era, ranging from poems commemorating the battle of Lepanto to elaborately adorned maps of contested frontiers. They will be of interest to scholars in fields such as history, comparative literary studies, and religious studies.

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About the Author

Barbara Fuchs is a professor in the Departments of English and Spanish and Portuguese and the director of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Emily Weissbourd is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of English at Bryn Mawr College.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144264902X
• ISBN 13: 9781442649026
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296