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New World Encounters

Stephen Greenblatt editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of California Press

Published:3rd Mar '93

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The discovery of the Indies, wrote Francisco Lopez de Gomara in 1552, was "the greatest event since the creation of the world, excepting the Incarnation and Death of Him who created it." Five centuries have not diminished either the overwhelming importance or the strangeness of the early encounter between Europeans and American peoples. This collection of essays, encompassing history, literary criticism, art history, and anthropology, offers a fresh and innovative approach to the momentous encounter.

ISBN: 9780520080218

Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 23mm

Weight: 635g

344 pages