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Renaissance Literatures and Postcolonial Studies
Shankar Raman
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Description for Renaissance Literatures and Postcolonial Studies
Paperback. Shows how Renaissance writers and artists struggled to reconcile past traditions with experiences of 'discovery'. Series: Postcolonial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336. Series: Postcolonial Literary Studies. 224 pages, illustrations. Shows how Renaissance writers and artists struggled to reconcile past traditions with experiences of 'discovery'. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBD. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 14. Weight: 336.
Shows how Renaissance writers and artists struggled to reconcile past traditions with experiences of 'discovery'. In what ways have colonial and postcolonial studies transformed our perceptions of early modern European texts and images? How have those perceptions enriched our broader understanding of the colonial and the postcolonial? Focusing on English, Portuguese, Spanish and French colonial projects, Shankar Raman explains how encounters with new worlds and peoples irrevocably shaped both Europeans and their 'others'. There are in-depth case studies on: the Portuguese drama and epic of Gil Vicente and Luis Vaz de Camoes; travel narratives and exotic engravings from Theodore de ... Read more
Shows how Renaissance writers and artists struggled to reconcile past traditions with experiences of 'discovery'. In what ways have colonial and postcolonial studies transformed our perceptions of early modern European texts and images? How have those perceptions enriched our broader understanding of the colonial and the postcolonial? Focusing on English, Portuguese, Spanish and French colonial projects, Shankar Raman explains how encounters with new worlds and peoples irrevocably shaped both Europeans and their 'others'. There are in-depth case studies on: the Portuguese drama and epic of Gil Vicente and Luis Vaz de Camoes; travel narratives and exotic engravings from Theodore de ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Postcolonial Literary Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748636846
SKU
V9780748636846
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About Shankar Raman
Shankar Raman is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Literature at MIT. He is the author of Framing "India": The Colonial Imaginary in Early Modern Culture (Stanford University Press, 2002).
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