Unrequited conquests : love and empire in the colonial Americas
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.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780226306698, 9780226306704, 0226306690, 0226306704
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Introduction: The Unrequitedness of Conquest
1. 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