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  • Empires of Love

    Europe, Asia, and the Making of Early Modern Identity

    Through literary and historical documents from the early sixteenth to late seventeenth centuries—epic poetry, private correspondence, secular dramas, and colonial legislation—Carmen Nocentelli charts the Western fascination with the eros of "India," as the vast coastal stretch from the Gulf of Aden to the South China Sea was often called. If Asia was thought of as a place of sexual deviance and ... Leer más

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  • England's Asian Renaissance

    Series series The Early Modern Exchange
    England's Asian Renaissance explores how Asian knowledges, narratives, and customs inflected early modern English literature. Just as Asian imports changed England's tastes and enriched the English language, Eastern themes, characters, and motifs helped shape the country's culture and contributed to its national identity. Questioning long-standing dichotomies between East and West and embracing a ... Leer más

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    Europe, Asia, and the Making of Early Modern Identity

    Through literary and historical documents from the early sixteenth to late seventeenth centuries—epic poetry, private correspondence, secular dramas, and colonial legislation—Carmen Nocentelli charts the Western fascination with the eros of "India," as the vast coastal stretch from the Gulf of Aden to the South China Sea was often called. If Asia was thought of as a place of sexual deviance and ... Leer más

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    Series series Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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  • Mapping Gendered Routes and Spaces in the Early Modern World

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  • The West

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  • Marvelous Possessions

    The Wonder of the New World

    "A marvelous book . . . a compelling and a powerful one. Nothing so original has ever been written on European responses to 'the wonder of the New World.'" —Anthony Pagden, Times Literary SupplementPulitzer Prize–Winning AuthorA masterwork of history and cultural studies, Marvelous Possessions is a brilliant meditation on the interconnected ways in which Europeans of the Age of Discovery ... Leer más

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  • The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing

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