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Argues that love poetry in the Renaissance was not simply a reflection of the times but a means of cultural transformation. Using poetic examples and historical documentation, this book rewrites the relations between the Renaissance and colonial Latin America, and between poetry and history.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Editions and Translations Introduction: The Unrequitedness of Conquest 1. The Columbian First Person 2. "For Love of Pau-Brasil": Objectification in Colonial Brazil 3. Love Poetry in the World 4. The Imperial Sidney 5. Huaca, Love, and Conquest: The Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Epilogue Notes Index

Unrequited Conquests Love Empire in the

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 2/15/2000 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780226306698
      978-0226306698
      ISBN-10 0226306690
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      Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Literary studies: general Cultural studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Argues that love poetry in the Renaissance was not simply a reflection of the times but a means of cultural transformation. Using poetic examples and historical documentation, this book rewrites the relations between the Renaissance and colonial Latin America, and between poetry and history.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Editions and Translations Introduction: The Unrequitedness of Conquest 1. The Columbian First Person 2. "For Love of Pau-Brasil": Objectification in Colonial Brazil 3. Love Poetry in the World 4. The Imperial Sidney 5. Huaca, Love, and Conquest: The Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Epilogue Notes Index

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