03052nam 2200637 a 450 991096165110332120240514051557.0979-82-16-35657-81-283-32065-797866133206501-61148-393-X(CKB)2550000000064278(EBL)795627(OCoLC)769341872(SSID)ssj0000542386(PQKBManifestationID)12160265(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542386(PQKBWorkID)10510062(PQKB)11293281(Au-PeEL)EBL795627(CaPaEBR)ebr10511509(CaONFJC)MIL332065(MiAaPQ)EBC795627(EXLCZ)99255000000006427820111027d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVisions of empire in colonial Spanish American ekphrastic writing /Kathryn M. Mayers1st ed.Lanham, Md. Bucknell University Pressc20121 online resource (187 p.)The Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theoryDescription based upon print version of record.1-61148-392-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; A Note on Translations; Chapter 01. Picturing Power; Chapter 02. Imag(in)ing Empire: Ekphrasis and Luis de Góngora; Chapter 03. Pictures of Plenty: Cornucopiae in Hernando Domínguez Camargo's Poema heroico a San Ignacio de Loyola; Chapter 04. Icons of Identities: Classical and Biblical Emblems in Juan de Espinosa Medrano's Apologético; Chapter 05. Portraits of Privilege: Petrarchan Blasones of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorThe process of shaping cultural identity in viceregal Spanish America has occurred as much through the medium of pictures as through the medium of writing. Focused on writing that references visual texts (ekphrasis), Visions of Empire in Colonial Spanish American Ekphrastic Writing examined the way words about pictures in the writing of three Spanish American Creoles negotiate the challenges that confronted the ruling elite in Spanish America during the contentious period between the Conquest and Independence.</spaBucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory.Spanish American literatureTo 1800History and criticismEkphrasisImperialism in literatureSpanish American literatureHistory and criticism.Ekphrasis.Imperialism in literature.860.9/98Mayers Kathryn M.1966-1855247MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961651103321Visions of empire in colonial Spanish American ekphrastic writing4453338UNINA