The Cultural Geography of Colonial American Literatures: Empire, Travel, Modernity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521100328)

Ralph Bauer presents a comparative investigation of colonial prose narratives in Spanish and British America from 1542 to 1800. Bauer analyzes narratives of shipwreck, captivity, and travel, as well as imperial and natural histories of the New World in the context of transformative early modern scientific ideologies. He reviews the narrative models promoted by the "New Sciences" during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries within the context of the geopolitical question of how knowledge can be centrally controlled in outwardly expanding empires.

Author: Ralph Bauer
ISBN-10: 0521100321
ISBN-13: 9780521100328
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/18/2009
Pages: 316
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d