The Poetics of Empire in the Indies Prophecy and by James Nicolopulos PAPERBACK

Pennsylvania State University Press

The Poetics of Empire in the IndiesProphecy and Imitation in La Araucana and Os Lusadas\nAuthor(s): James Nicolopulos\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press, United States\nImprint: Pennsylvania State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780271024936, 978-0271024936\nSynopsis\nIn The Poetics of Empire in the Indies, James Nicolopulos investigates literary representations of sixteenth-century Iberian colonialism and imperialism by analyzing Alonso de Ercillas \""La Araucana,\"" a narrative poem that recounts the initial phases of the Spanish conquest of Chile in the mid-sixteenth century, and Luis de Camoenss \""Os Lusadas,\"" the epic celebration of early Portuguese maritime expansion in the Indian Ocean and beyond.\n\nDelving into the epic traditions of the Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance periods, Nicolopulos outlines practices of imitation within the two poems, focusing specifically on the employment of epic models in \""La Araucana.\"" Having made powerful connec.