The discovery of the Indies, wrote Francisco Lopez de Gomara in 1552, was "the greatest event since the creation of the world, excepting the Incarnation and Death of Him who created it." Five centuries have not diminished either the overwhelming importance or the strangeness of the early encounter between Europeans and American peoples. This collection of essays, encompassing history, literary criticism, art history, and anthropology, offers a fresh and innovative approach to the momentous encounter.
| ISBN: | 9780520080218 |
| Publication date: | 12th March 1993 |
| Author: | Stephen Greenblatt |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 344 pages |
| Series: | Representations Books |
| Genres: |
History of the Americas: pre-Columbian period Literary studies: general Cultural studies |