Ralph Bauer Presents A Comparative Investigation Of Colonial Prose Narratives In Spanish And British America From 1542 To 1800. He Discusses 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 And Investigates The Inter-connectedness Of Literary Evolutions In Various Places Of The Early Modern Atlantic World. Bauer Positions The Narrative Models Promoted By The New Sciences During The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries Within The Context Of The Geo-political Question Of How Knowledge Can Be Centrally Controlled In Outwardly Expanding Empires. He Brings Into Conversation With One Another Writers From Various Parts Of The Early Modern Atlantic World Including Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca, Gonzalo Fernandez De Oviedo Y Valdes, Samuel Purchas, William Strachey, Mary Rowlandson, Carlos De Siguenza Y Gongora, William Byrd, And Hector St. John De Crevecoeur.--jacket. Prospero's Progeny -- Mythos And Epos: Cabeza De Vaca's Empire Of Peace -- The Geography Of History: Samuel Purchas And His Pilgrims -- True Histories: The Captivities Of Francisco Nunez De Pineda Y Bascunan And Mary White Rowlandson -- Friends And Compatriots: Carlos De Siguenza Y Gongora And The Piracy Of Knowledge -- Husquenawing: William Byrd's Creolean Humours -- Dismembering The Empire: Alonso Carrio De La Vandera And J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur. Ralph Bauer. Series Numbering From Invoice. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 241-286) And Index.

Ralph Bauer

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Cambridge studies in American literature and culture, Cambridge [etc, 2003

CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE, CAMBRIDGE, Unknown

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Illustrated, PS, 2003

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-286) and index.

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.

This 2003 book presents a comparative investigation of colonial prose narratives in Spanish and British America from 1542 to 1800. It discusses 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.

xiii, 295 pages : 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index

2024-07-01