Shipwreck in the early modern Hispanic world /
Seafaring activity for trade and travel was dominant throughout the Spanish Empire, and in the worldview and imagination of its inhabitants, the specter of shipwreck loomed large. Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic World probes this preoccupation by examining portrayals of nautical disasters in...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lewisburg, Pennsylvania :
Bucknell University Press,
[2022].
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| Series: | Campos Ibéricos.
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| Summary: | Seafaring activity for trade and travel was dominant throughout the Spanish Empire, and in the worldview and imagination of its inhabitants, the specter of shipwreck loomed large. Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic World probes this preoccupation by examining portrayals of nautical disasters in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish literature and culture. The essays collected here showcase shipwreck's symbolic deployment to question colonial expansion and transoceanic trade, to critique the Christian enterprise overseas, to signal the collapse of dominant social order and to relay moral messages and represent sociopolitical debates. The contributors find examples in poetry, theater, narrative fiction and other print artifacts, and approach the topic variously through the lens of historical, literary and cultural studies. Ultimately demonstrating how shipwrecks both shaped and destabilized perceptions of the Spanish Empire worldwide, this analytically rich volume is the first in Hispanic studies to investigate the darker side of mercantile and imperial expansion. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 164 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-153) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781684483709 1684483700 9781684483716 1684483719 |