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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821352703321

Autore

González Sánchez Carlos Alberto

Titolo

New world literacy : writing and culture across the Atlantic, 1500-1700 / / Carlos Alberto González Sánchez ; translated by Tristan Platt ; revised by Behany Aram

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lewisburg, : Lewisburg Bucknell University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-61148-027-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

The Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory

Altri autori (Persone)

PlattTristán

AramBethany

Disciplina

028/.909809031

Soggetti

Books and reading - Latin America - History - 16th century

Books and reading - Latin America - History - 17th century

Book industries and trade - Latin America - History - 16th century

Book industries and trade - Latin America - History - 17th century

Spanish literature - Classical period, 1500-1700 - Appreciation - Latin America

Latin America Intellectual life 16th century

Latin America Intellectual life 17th century

America Discovery and exploration Spanish

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Questions of method -- Books and Atlantic trade -- Literary worlds -- Book markets -- European settlements and written culture -- Literary republic.

Sommario/riassunto

This book on the role of written and iconographic communication in the Atlantic World combines a broad outlook, geographically and chronologically, with the precise treatment of specific evidence extracted from the sources. This book opens up new worlds on the impact of books and images in the Atlantic World.