
Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume II
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I: Portugal and the Learned Community of Europe
- Introduction
- Chapter I: Heralds of Empire
- 1. Portuguese Students and Diplomats Abroad
- 2. Damião de Góis, Publicist of Empire
- 3. Foreigners, Returnees, and Jesuits in Portugal
- Chapter II: Books, Libraries, and Reading
- 1. Portugal and Spain
- 2. Italy
- 3. The Germanies
- 4. The Low Countries, France, and England
- Appendix: Books on Asia in Sixty Sixteenth-Century Collections
- Part II: The National Literatures
- Introduction
- Chapter III: The Inherited Themes
- 1. Antiquity
- 2. The Romance of Alexander
- 3. The Westward Migration of Story
- 4. Renaissance Forms and Fashions
- Chapter IV: Portuguese Literature
- 1. Glory and Disillusionment
- 2. Maritime Tragedies and Siege Triumphs
- 3. The Chronicle-Narrative
- 4. The Epic Synthesis
- Chapter V: Spanish Literature
- 1. Curiosity, Hope, and Frustration
- 2. Universal Empire in Romance and Poetry
- 3. New Historical Genres
- Chapter VI: Italian Literature
- 1. Realism in Romantic Poetry
- 2. Popular and Didactic Literature
- 3. History and Cosmography
- 4. The Political Thought of Giovanni Botero
- Chapter VII: French Literature
- 1. The Challenge of Asia
- 2. The "New World" of the Poets
- 3. Cultural Relativism in Popular and Didactic Prose
- 4. From Cosmography to Universal History
- Chapter VIII: The Germanic Literatures
- 1. German Literature
- A. First Reactions
- B. Protestants versus Catholics
- 2. Netherlandish Literature
- 3. English Literature
- A. From Humanism to Cosmography
- B. The Art of Poesy
- C. Drama and Satire
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