Fictions of embassy: literature and diplomacy in early modern Europe

Introduction : angels and pimps : toward a diplomatic poetics -- Words and deeds : diplomacy and humanist fiction -- The useful and the honorable : the ethics of mediation in the late Renaissance -- Epic and the law of nations : Tasso's Jerusalem delivered -- From Cortez to Camões : identity an...

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Main Author: Hampton, Timothy (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Ithaca, NY [u.a.] Cornell Univ. Press 2009
In:Year: 2009
Reviews:[Rezension von: Hampton, Timothy, Fictions of Embassy: Literature and Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe] (2011) (Kurtuluş, Gül)
Edition:1. publ.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Europe / Literature / Diplomacy (Motif) / Diplomacy / Political culture (Motif) / Cultural contact (Motif) / History 1450-1700
Further subjects:B Diplomacy in literature
B Europe Foreign relations
B European literature Renaissance, 1450-1600 History and criticism
B Politics and literature Europe History
B European literature 17th century History and criticism
B Diplomacy History
B European literature 17th century History and criticism
B Europe Politics and government 1648-1789
B European literature Renaissance, 1450-1600 History and criticism
B Europe Politics and government 1492-1648
B Politics and literature (Europe) History
B International relations in literature
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Summary:Introduction : angels and pimps : toward a diplomatic poetics -- Words and deeds : diplomacy and humanist fiction -- The useful and the honorable : the ethics of mediation in the late Renaissance -- Epic and the law of nations : Tasso's Jerusalem delivered -- From Cortez to Camões : identity and authority in the discourse of discovery -- Big states and small states : sovereignty, diplomatic recognition, and the theater of Pierre Corneille -- Hamlet's diplomacy : state-building, dispatch, and revenge -- The tragedy of delegation : diplomatic action and tragic form in Racine's Andromaque -- Conclusion : in the Hôtel des Ambassadeurs
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Formerly CIP
ISBN:0801447755