TY  - BOOK
AU  - Raman,Shankar
TI  - Renaissance Literatures and Postcolonial Studies
T2  - Postcolonial Literary Studies : PLS
SN  - 9780748636839
U1  - 809.03 
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Edinburgh : 
PB  - Edinburgh University Press, 
KW  - Classical literature
KW  - Appreciation
KW  - Europe
KW  - History
KW  - Colonies in literature
KW  - European literature
KW  - Renaissance, 1450-1600
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Literary Studies
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Series Editors’ Preface --; List of Illustrations --; Acknowledgements --; Timeline --; Chapter 1. Exploring the Terrain --; Chapter 2. Debates --; Chapter 3. Case Studies --; Primary Works Cited --; Secondary Works Cited --; Further Reading --; Index; restricted access
N2  - 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 Camões; 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.Key FeaturesIntroduces readers to the careful reading of visual sources as a complement to textual analysisEmphasises the importance of comparative work in literary studies of colonialism: see especially the discussion of Adam Olearius' travels in Chapter 2 as well as the case studies of Portuguese literary texts and de Bry
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748636853
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748636853
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780748636853/original
ER  -