Discourses of Empire

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"The counter-epic is a literary style that developed in reaction to imperialist epic conventions as a means of scrutinizing the consequences of foreign conquest of dominated peoples. It also functioned as a transitional literary form, a bridge between epic narratives of military heroics and novelistic narratives of commercial success. In Discourses of Empire, Barbara Simerka examines the representation of militant Christian imperialism in early modern Spanish literature by focusing on this counter-epic discourse."--Jacket.

subjects: The a tre espagnol,  The a tre historique espagnol,  Spanish drama,  Spanish Historical drama,  History and criticism,  Histoire et critique,  DRAMA,  Imperialism in literature,  Impe rialisme dans la litte rature,  Continental European,  Théâtre historique espagnol,  Impérialisme dans la littérature,  Théâtre espagnol,  Spanish literature, history and criticism,  Spanish drama, history and criticism,  Historical drama, history and criticism