Title Information (lang="eng")
Title
Early images of America in two letters of Discovery
Title Information (lang="por")
Title
Primeiras imagens da América em duas cartas da Descoberta
Name: Personal
Name Part
Williams, Jerry M.
affiliation
West Chester University
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
author
Type of Resource
text
Genre (aat)
articles
Origin Information
Date Issued
1991
Date Issued (keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")
1991-07
Language (usage="primary")
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
eng
Language
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
por
Physical Description
Extent
pp. 5-22
digitalOrigin
born digital
Abstract (lang="eng")
Using the models of Paradise and the Golden Age as starting points for the evaluation of discoveries inspired by the Divine Providence, Christopher Columbus and Pero Vaz de Caminha trace the history of the first contacts between indigenous and European civilizations. Given the changes that the discovery of America imposed on Renaissance historiography, the two authors are confronted with the double problem of precise representation and authority over the text. Even more revealing is that the New World seduces European sensibility and thought, thus creating for theoretical discourse a forum in which various narrative forms can mutually investigate their limits and credibility.
Abstract (lang="por")
Utilizando os modelos do Paraíso e da Idade de Ouro como pontos de partida para a avaliação de descobrimentos inspirados pela Divina Providência, Cristóvão Colombo e Pero Vaz de Caminha traçam a história dos primeiros contatos entre as civilizações indígenas e européias. Dadas as mudanças que a descoberta da América impôs na historiografia renascentista, os dois autores se defrontam com o duplo problema da representação precisa e da autoridade sobre o texto. Mais revelador ainda é que o Novo Mundo seduz a sensibilidade e o pensamento europeus, criando assim para o discurso teórico um fórum no qual várias formas narrativas podem mutuamente investigar seus limites e sua credibilidade.
Part
Part Detail: volume
Part Number
4
Part Caption
vol.
Part Detail: issue
Part Number
5
Part Caption
no.
Extent (unit="page")
Start
5
End
22
Subject (LCSH)
Geographic
America
Topic
Discovery and exploration
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
National characteristics
Geographic
Brazil
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Identity
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Myth
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Golden age (Mythology)
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Paradise
Subject (LCSH)
Name: Personal
Name Part
Caminha, Pero Vaz de
Name Part: Date
active 15th century
Subject (LCSH)
Name: Personal
Name Part
Columbus, Christopher
Related Item: Host
Title Information (lang="eng")
Title
BRASIL/BRAZIL
Part Number
vol. 4, no. 5
Related Item: Host
Title Information (lang="por")
Title
BRASIL/BRAZIL
Part Number
vol. 4, n.º 5
Identifier: DOI
10.26300/90m6-zq28