Clarendon paperbacks marvelous possessions

Rubriek: Textual/Printed/Reference Materials - Boek

Prijs: € 59.99

Rating: 0/5

☆

☆

☆

☆

☆

Verzending:
2 - 3 weken

Marvelous Possessions examines the ways in which Europeans of the late Middle Ages and early modern period represented non-European peoples and took possession of their lands, in particular the New World. Greenblatt's innovative readings of travel narratives, judicial documents, and official reports reveal how the experience of the marvellous was yoked to the service of colonial appropriation.



`And there I found very many islands filled with people innumerable, and of all of them I have taken possession for their highnesses, by proclamation made and with the royal standard unfurled, and no one contradicted me' - Christopher Columbus Marvelous Possessions is a study of the ways in which Europeans of the late Middle Ages and the early modern period represented non-European peoples and took possession of their lands, in particular the New World. In a series of innovative readings of travel narratives, judicial documents, and official reports, Greenblatt shows that the experience of the marvelous, central to both art and philosophy, was cunningly yoked by Columbus and others to the service of colonial appropriation. He argues that the traditional symbolic actions and legal rituals through which European sovereignty was asserted were strained to breaking-point by the unprecedented nature of the discovery of the New World. But the book also shows that the experience of the marvelous is not necessarily an agent of empire: in writers as different as Herodotus, Jean de Léry, and Montaigne - and notably in Mandeville's Travels, the most popular travel book of the Middle Ages - wonder is the sign of a remarkably tolerant recognition of cultural difference.

• 1 Bekijk alle specificaties

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 29 oktober 1992

Aantal pagina's: 216

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Stephen Greenblatt

Tweede Auteur: Stephen J. Greenblatt

Hoofduitgeverij: Clarendon Press

Editie: New edition

Product breedte: 153 mm

Product hoogte: 13 mm

Product lengte: 235 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 153 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 13 mm

Verpakking lengte: 235 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 335 g

EAN: 9780198122661

---