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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254761103321

Titolo

Can We Talk Mediterranean? : Conversations on an Emerging Field in Medieval and Early Modern Studies / / edited by Brian A. Catlos, Sharon Kinoshita

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-55726-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXI, 153 p. 5 illus., 3 illus. in color.)

Collana

Mediterranean Perspectives

Disciplina

940.903

Soggetti

Europe—History—1492-

Civilization—History

Literature, Modern

Ethnology—Europe

History of Early Modern Europe

Cultural History

Early Modern/Renaissance Literature

European Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Why the Mediterranean? -- 2. The Thalassal Optic -- 3. Negotiating the Corrupting Sea: Literature "in" and "of" the Medieval Mediterranean -- 4. Desiderata for the Study of Early Modern Art of the Mediterranean -- 5. The Maritime, the Ecological, the Cultural—and the Fig Leaf: Prospects for Medieval Mediterranean Studies -- 6. Beneath the Surface: Responses and Queries -- 7. Reflections: Talking Mediterranean -- 8. Further Reading.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a systematic framework for the emerging field of Mediterranean studies, collecting essays from scholars of history, literature, religion, and art history that seek a more fluid understanding of “Mediterranean.” It emphasizes the interdependence of Mediterranean regions and the rich interaction (both peaceful and bellicose, at sea and on land) between them. It avoids applying the national, cultural and ethnic categories that developed with the post-



Enlightenment domination of northwestern Europe over the academy, working instead towards a dynamic and thoroughly interdisciplinary picture of the Mediterranean. Including an extensive bibliography and a conversation between leading scholars in the field, Can We Talk Mediterranean? lays the groundwork for a new critical and conceptual approach to the region.