Renaissance Literatures and Postcolonial Studies / / Shankar Raman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Raman, Shankar,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Postcolonial Literary Studies : PLS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

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

Table of Contents

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