The discovery of the Indies, wrote Francisco López de Gómara in 1552, was'the greatest event since the creation of the world, excepting the Incarnation and Death of Him who created it.'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.This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1993.The discovery of the Indies, wrote Francisco López de Gómara in 1552, was'the greatest event since the creation of the world, excepting the Incarnation and Death of Him who created it.'Five centuries have not diminished either the overwhelming importanc</DIV

New World Encounters (Representations Books) (Volume 6)

Greenblatt, Stephen, 1943-

Stephen Jay Greenblatt

Representations books ;, 6, Berkeley, California, 1993

Representations books, Berkeley ; Los Angeles, 1993

United States, United States of America

First, First Edition, FR, 1993

Berkeley, United States, 1993

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Undergraduate Professional & Scholarly.

Christopher Columbus's Letter To The Sovereigns: Announcing The Discovery / Margarita Zamora -- Fierce And Unnatural Cruelty: Cortés And The Conquest Of Mexico / Inga Clendinnen -- The Negotiation Of Fear In Cabeza De Vaca's Naufragios / Rolena Adorno -- Ius Et Factum: Text And Experience In The Writings Of Bartolomé De Las Casas / Anthony Pagden -- Demons, Imagination, And The Incas / Sabine Mccormack -- The Philosopher's Breviary: Jean De Léry In The Enlightenment / Frank Lestringant -- The Aesthetics Of Conquest: Aztec Poetry Before And After Cortés / David Damrosch -- Dancing And The Sacred In The Andes: From The Taqui-oncoy To Rasu-Ñiti / Sara Castro-klarén -- The Work Of Gender In The Discourse Of Discovery / Louis Montrose -- Raleigh's Fugitive Gold: Reference And Deferral In The Discoverie Of Guiana / Mary C. Fuller -- Voices Of Resistance: The Epic Curse And Camões's Adamastor / David Quint -- Elizabethan Tobacco / Jeffrey Knapp -- Epilogue: Michel De Certeau's Heterology And The New World / Luce Giard -- Travel Narratives Of The French To Brazil: Sixteenth To Eighteenth Centuries / Michel De Certeau. Edited By Stephen Greenblatt. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

The discovery of the Indies, wrote Francisco Lpez de Gmara in 1552, was "the greatest event since the creation of the world, excepting the Incarnation and Death of Him who created it." 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.

The five centuries which have passed since the discovery of the New World have not diminished the overwhelming importance or strangeness of the early encounter between Europeans and native Americans. This collection of essays offers a multidisciplinary approach to this meeting of cultures.

xviii, 344 p. : 27 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index

2023-06-28