Renaissance Literatures and Postcolonial Studies

ISBN-13: 9780748636846 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 224 str.

Shankar Raman

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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 Bry's influential compilations; and the English plays and verse of Christopher Marlowe, John Donne and Richard Brome.
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Series Editors' Preface List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Timeline 1 Exploring the Terrain Renaissance Anti-colonialisms Imperial Translations Cannibals Gender and Race Difference and Repetition 2 Debates Texts and Contexts Tempestuous Histories Postcolonial Reactivations of The Tempest Theory after Shakespeare Others and Selves Ireland: Civilised Selves and Barbarous Others Spain and Turkey: Protestantism and its Others Thinking Differently about Others: Olearius' Travels 3 Case Studies Two Ways of Looking at Colonial Beginnings Unfinished Histories: Gil Vicente's Auto da Índia History as Myth: Luis Vaz de Camões' Os Lusíadas Two Ways of Writing the Heathen Writing the New World Native: de Bry's America I Writing the Chinese: de Bry's India Orientalis II The Brome-an Empire: Wonder and Theatre in The Antipodes Can't Buy me Love: John Donne's "Loves Progress" Revolutions that Have No Model: Marlowe's Tamburlaine the Great Primary Works Cited Secondary Works Cited Further Reading Index