Writing new worlds : the cultural dynamics of curiosity in early modern Europe / by Mar�ilia dos Santos Lopes ; translation from the Portuguese, Kevin Rose.

By:

Lopes, Mar�ilia dos Santos [author.]

Contributor(s):

Rose, Kevin [translator.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Portuguese Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016Description: 1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781443894302
1443894303

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Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:

869.8 23

LOC classification:

PQ9102.T73

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Contents:

Intro; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; I Collecting News; II Voyages, the Visual and the Arts; III Travel, Experience and Knowledge; Editorial Note; Bibliography; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Chapter Nineteen; Chapter Twenty

Summary: Writing New Worlds analyses the different ways in which travel literature constituted a fundamental pillar in the production of knowledge in the modern era. The impressive frequency of publication and the widespread circulation of translations and editions account for the leading and essential contribution of travel literature for a better understanding and awareness about the dynamics and practices associated with decoding and making sense of the prose of the world. These texts, in some cases accompanied by illustrations, covered a broad and extensive panoply of languages, grammars and ways of seeing, translating and writing new worlds. In drawing special attention to internationally less-studied sources from Portugal and Germany, the book shows how authors, scholars and artists between the 15th and 17th centuries responded to the challenges of modernity, and explores the cultural dynamics involved in grasping and understanding the New.

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Writing New Worlds analyses the different ways in which travel literature constituted a fundamental pillar in the production of knowledge in the modern era. The impressive frequency of publication and the widespread circulation of translations and editions account for the leading and essential contribution of travel literature for a better understanding and awareness about the dynamics and practices associated with decoding and making sense of the prose of the world. These texts, in some cases accompanied by illustrations, covered a broad and extensive panoply of languages, grammars and ways of seeing, translating and writing new worlds. In drawing special attention to internationally less-studied sources from Portugal and Germany, the book shows how authors, scholars and artists between the 15th and 17th centuries responded to the challenges of modernity, and explores the cultural dynamics involved in grasping and understanding the New.

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