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The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana by Sir Walter Raleigh

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

1997
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7190-5176-0 (ISBN)

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In this text, Ralegh narrates his expedition to South America in quest of an indigenous "empire" in the highlands of Guyana. Military encounters with the Spanish, diplomatic encounters with native kings, and encounters with monstrous marvels, are woven into a near mystic quest for hidden gold.

"The Discoverie", by Walter Raleigh, narrates his expedition to South America in quest of an indigenous 'empire' in the highlands of Guiana. Military encounters with the Spanish, diplomatic encounters with native kings, and enigmatic encounters with monstrous marvels, are woven into a near-mystic quest for hidden gold. However, because of these apparently fantastical elements, this key text on the European expansion into the Americas remains poorly understood. Newly transcribed and annotated, this edition for the first time provides an anthropological commentary of the original edition of "The discoverie" and challenges existing evaluations of both Raleigh and of early travel texts more generally.

Part 1 Introduction: the "Discoverie" as enchanted text - the "Discoverie" as geography and history, thr "Discoverie" as literary text and epic fiction, anthropology and colonial text, text and testament - the "Discoverie" in context; the "Discoverie" in ethnological text - capitaynes, cassiques and Incan imperialists, golden metals - colonial desire, native practice, signs and symbols, amazons, acephali and cannibals, the colonial mirror - images from the "Discoverie". Part 2 "The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana": the epistle dedicatorie; to the reader; the discoverie of Guiana; an advertisement to the reader; letters taken at sea by Captaine Popham.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.12.1997
Verlagsort	Manchester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Südamerika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7190-5176-2 / 0719051762
ISBN-13	978-0-7190-5176-0 / 9780719051760
Zustand	Neuware