BOOKS - New World Encounters (Representations Books) (Volume 6)
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New World Encounters (Representations Books) (Volume 6)
Author: Stephen Greenblatt
Year: February 10, 1993
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 30 MB
Language: English
Year: February 10, 1993
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 30 MB
Language: English
The discovery of the Indies, wrote Francisco Lopez de Gomara in 1552, was and "the greatest event since the creation of the world, excepting the Incarnation and Death of Him who created it. and " Five centuries have not diminished either the overwhelming importance or the strangeness of the early encounter between Europeans and American peoples. This collection of essays, encompassing history, literary criticism, art history, and anthropology, offers a fresh and innovative approach to the momentous encounter.