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Trade and Romance /
In Trade and Romance, Michael Murrin examines the complex relations between the expansion of trade in Asia and the production of heroic romance in Europe from the second half of the thirteenth century through the late seventeenth century. He shows how these tales of romance, ostensibly meant for the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Asian Trade and Heroic Narrative from Marco Polo to Milton
- PART 1. The Mongols
- 1. Marco Polo and the Marvelous Real
- 2. A Paradise for Killers: Marco Polo and the Garden of the Assassins
- 3. The Squire's Tale: Romance as Mask
- 4. Morgana and Manodante: Boiardo and the Aristocratic Response to Mercantilism
- PART 2. The Portuguese
- 5. Huon at the Castle of Adamant
- 6. First Encounter: The Christian-Hindu Confusion When the Portuguese Reached India
- 7. Camões and the Discovery of India: The Negative Side
- 8. Surviving Enchantment: Vasco da Gama's First Voyage in Os Lusíadas- The Interplay between Experience and Classical Models
- PART 3. The English
- Prologue
- 9. Spenser, Marlowe, and the English Search for Asian Silk
- 10. The Audience of The Faerie Queene
- 11. Waning of a Dream: A Brief History of Moscovia and Paradise Lost
- 12. A Wood in the Desert
- Appendix 1: The Devaluation of the Squire and his Tale
- Appendix 2: Henry's search for Spices
- Appendix 3: Vergil in Camoes
- Bibliography
- Index