Format:
Online-Ressource (xxiii, 392 p)
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ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0226467333
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9780226467337
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Portugal and the Learned Community of Europe -- Introduction -- Chapter I: Heralds of Empire -- 1. Portuguese Students and Diplomats Abroad -- 2. Damião de Góis, Publicist of Empire -- 3. Foreigners, Returnees, and Jesuits in Portugal -- Chapter II: Books, Libraries, and Reading -- 1. Portugal and Spain -- 2. Italy -- 3. The Germanies -- 4. The Low Countries, France, and England -- Appendix: Books on Asia in Sixty Sixteenth-Century Collections -- Part II: The National Literatures -- Introduction -- Chapter III: The Inherited Themes -- 1. Antiquity -- 2. The Romance of Alexander -- 3. The Westward Migration of Story -- 4. Renaissance Forms and Fashions -- Chapter IV: Portuguese Literature -- 1. Glory and Disillusionment -- 2. Maritime Tragedies and Siege Triumphs -- 3. The Chronicle-Narrative -- 4. The Epic Synthesis -- Chapter V: Spanish Literature -- 1. Curiosity, Hope, and Frustration -- 2. Universal Empire in Romance and Poetry -- 3. New Historical Genres -- Chapter VI: Italian Literature -- 1. Realism in Romantic Poetry -- 2. Popular and Didactic Literature -- 3. History and Cosmography -- 4. The Political Thought of Giovanni Botero -- Chapter VII: French Literature -- 1. The Challenge of Asia -- 2. The "New World" of the Poets -- 3. Cultural Relativism in Popular and Didactic Prose -- 4. From Cosmography to Universal History -- Chapter VIII: The Germanic Literatures -- 1. German Literature -- A. First Reactions -- B. Protestants versus Catholics -- 2. Netherlandish Literature -- 3. English Literature -- A. From Humanism to Cosmography -- B. The Art of Poesy -- C. Drama and Satire.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: Portugal and the Learned Community of Europe""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter I: Heralds of Empire""; ""1. Portuguese Students and Diplomats Abroad""; ""2. Damião de Góis, Publicist of Empire""; ""3. Foreigners, Returnees, and Jesuits in Portugal""; ""Chapter II: Books, Libraries, and Reading""; ""1. Portugal and Spain""; ""2. Italy""; ""3. The Germanies""; ""4. The Low Countries, France, and England""; ""Appendix: Books on Asia in Sixty Sixteenth-Century Collections""; ""Part II: The National Literatures""
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""Introduction""""Chapter III: The Inherited Themes""; ""1. Antiquity""; ""2. The Romance of Alexander""; ""3. The Westward Migration of Story""; ""4. Renaissance Forms and Fashions""; ""Chapter IV: Portuguese Literature""; ""1. Glory and Disillusionment""; ""2. Maritime Tragedies and Siege Triumphs""; ""3. The Chronicle-Narrative""; ""4. The Epic Synthesis""; ""Chapter V: Spanish Literature""; ""1. Curiosity, Hope, and Frustration""; ""2. Universal Empire in Romance and Poetry""; ""3. New Historical Genres""; ""Chapter VI: Italian Literature""; ""1. Realism in Romantic Poetry""
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""2. Popular and Didactic Literature""""3. History and Cosmography""; ""4. The Political Thought of Giovanni Botero""; ""Chapter VII: French Literature""; ""1. The Challenge of Asia""; ""2. The ""New World"" of the Poets""; ""3. Cultural Relativism in Popular and Didactic Prose""; ""4. From Cosmography to Universal History""; ""Chapter VIII: The Germanic Literatures""; ""1. German Literature""; ""A. First Reactions""; ""B. Protestants versus Catholics""; ""2. Netherlandish Literature""; ""3. English Literature""; ""A. From Humanism to Cosmography""; ""B. The Art of Poesy""
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""C. Drama and Satire""
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226467337
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Asia in the Making of EuropeI : A Century of Wonder : The Literary Arts
Language:
English
