UID:
edocfu_9958355080802883
Umfang:
1 online resource (681p.)
ISBN:
9783110870244
Serie:
The Classical Tradition and the Americas ; Volume 1/Part1
Anmerkung:
Frontmatter --
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America and the Classical Tradition: Preface and Introduction --
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Contents --
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I. SCHOLARLY AND LITERARY IMAGES OF THE NEW WORLD FROM THE TIME OF COLUMBUS TO THE PRESENT --
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1. GENERAL SUBJECTS --
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Classical Models of World Geography and Their Transformation Following the Discovery of America --
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New World and "novos orbes": Seneca in the Renaissance Debate over Ancient Knowledge of the Americas --
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The Adjustment of Ptolemaic Atlases to Feature the New World --
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Classical Ethnography and Its Influence on the European Perception of the Peoples of the New World --
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The Euhemerist Tradition and the European Perception and Description of the American Indians --
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Myths and Legends in the Old World and European Expansionism on the American Continent --
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The Other World and the 'Antipodes'. The Myth of the Unknown Countries between Antiquity and the Renaissance --
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The Amazon Myth and Latin America --
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« El Dorado » and the Myth of the Golden Fleece --
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Classical Antiquity, America, and the Myth of the Noble Savage --
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Adveniat tandem Typhis qui detegat orbes COLUMBUS in Neo-Latin Epic Poetry (16th-18th Centuries) --
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The American Indians and the Ancients of Europe: The Idea of Comparison and the Construction of Historical Time in the 18th Century --
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Backmatter
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 978-3-11-011572-7
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9783110870244
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110870244
