Marvelous Possessions
Synopsis
Explores how Europeans of the late Middle Ages and early modern period represented newly discovered exotic peoples in travel narratives, judicial documents, and official reports. Especially shows how the sense of the marvellous was primarily used to encourage the appropriation of new lands (but not always).
- Hakimiliki:
- 1991 Stephen Greenblatt
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9780226306575
- Publisher:
- The University of Chicago Press
- Date of Addition:
- 2011-08-16T01:49:42Z
- Lugha:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.