The Classical Tradition and the Americas / European Images of the Americas and the Classical Tradition
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-011572-7 (ISBN)
I-IV -- America and the Classical Tradition: Preface and Introduction -- Contents -- I. SCHOLARLY AND LITERARY IMAGES OF THE NEW WORLD FROM THE TIME OF COLUMBUS TO THE PRESENT -- 1. GENERAL SUBJECTS -- Classical Models of World Geography and Their Transformation Following the Discovery of America -- New World and "novos orbes": Seneca in the Renaissance Debate over Ancient Knowledge of the Americas -- The Adjustment of Ptolemaic Atlases to Feature the New World -- Classical Ethnography and Its Influence on the European Perception of the Peoples of the New World -- The Euhemerist Tradition and the European Perception and Description of the American Indians -- Myths and Legends in the Old World and European Expansionism on the American Continent -- The Other World and the 'Antipodes'. The Myth of the Unknown Countries between Antiquity and the Renaissance -- The Amazon Myth and Latin America -- « El Dorado » and the Myth of the Golden Fleece -- Classical Antiquity, America, and the Myth of the Noble Savage -- Adveniat tandem Typhis qui detegat orbes COLUMBUS in Neo-Latin Epic Poetry (16th-18th Centuries) -- The American Indians and the Ancients of Europe: The Idea of Comparison and the Construction of Historical Time in the 18th Century -- 692-694
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.10.1993 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The Classical Tradition and the Americas ; Volume 1/Part1 |
| Zusatzinfo | 10 Taf. |
| Verlagsort | Berlin/Boston |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 180 x 245 mm |
| Gewicht | 1468 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike |
| Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Paläografie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Schlagworte | Altertum • America • Amerika • Amerika, Geschichte; Geistes-/Kultur-Geschichte • Ancient • Beziehung • boundary • Civilization • Civilization, Classical • Civilization, Classical, Study and teaching, America • Classical • Computational • Cultural History • Einfluss • Europa • Europa, Geschichte; Geistes-/Kultur-Geschichte • Europe • Geschichte • Hardcover, Softcover / Geschichte/Altertum • History • Image • Meinung • Modelling • Öffentliche Meinung • PROBL. • Public Opinion • Public opinion, Europe, History • science and technology • Study and teaching • Tradition • Zivilisation |
| ISBN-10 | 3-11-011572-7 / 3110115727 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-11-011572-7 / 9783110115727 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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