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The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana by Sir Walter Raleigh

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

1997
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7190-5176-0 (ISBN)

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In this text, Ralegh narrates his expedition to South America in quest of an indigenous "empire" in the highlands of Guyana. Military encounters with the Spanish, diplomatic encounters with native kings, and encounters with monstrous marvels, are woven into a near mystic quest for hidden gold.

This engaging and stimulating book argues that Shakespeare's plays significantly influenced movie genres in the twentieth century, particularly in films concerning love in the classic Hollywood period. Shakespeare's 'green world' has a close functional equivalent in 'tinseltown' and on 'the silver screen', as well as in hybrid genres in Bollywood cinema. Meanwhile, Romeo and Juliet continues to be an enduring source for romantic tragedy on screen. The nature of generic indebtedness has not gained recognition because it is elusive and not always easy to recognise. The book traces generic links between Shakespeare's comedies of love and screen genres such as romantic comedy, 'screwball' comedy and musicals, as well as clarifying the use of common conventions defining the genres, such as mistaken identity, 'errors', disguise and 'shrew-taming'. This challenging and entertaining book will appeal to those interested in Shakespeare, movies and the representation of love in narratives. -- .

Part 1 Introduction: the "Discoverie" as enchanted text - the "Discoverie" as geography and history, thr "Discoverie" as literary text and epic fiction, anthropology and colonial text, text and testament - the "Discoverie" in context; the "Discoverie" in ethnological text - capitaynes, cassiques and Incan imperialists, golden metals - colonial desire, native practice, signs and symbols, amazons, acephali and cannibals, the colonial mirror - images from the "Discoverie". Part 2 "The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana": the epistle dedicatorie; to the reader; the discoverie of Guiana; an advertisement to the reader; letters taken at sea by Captaine Popham.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.12.1997
Verlagsort	Manchester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Südamerika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7190-5176-2 / 0719051762
ISBN-13	978-0-7190-5176-0 / 9780719051760
Zustand	Neuware