Visions of empire in colonial Spanish American ekphrastic writing / / Kathryn M. Mayers

• Autore: Mayers Kathryn M. <1966->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Bucknell University Press, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
• Disciplina: 860.9/98
• Soggetto topico: Spanish American literature - To 1800 - History and criticism; Ekphrasis; Imperialism in literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Author
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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.</spa
• Titolo autorizzato: Visions of empire in colonial Spanish American ekphrastic writing
• ISBN: 979-82-16-35657-8; 1-283-32065-7; 9786613320650; 1-61148-393-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910961651103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory.