Discourses of Empire: Counter-Epic Literature in Early Modern Spain

by Barbara Simerka

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271027940
• ISBN13: 9780271027944
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"