LEADER 03209nam 2200673 450 001 9910786892903321 005 20230725055217.0 010 $a1-61147-021-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000222699 035 $a(EBL)1767212 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001289271 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12602378 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001289271 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11297702 035 $a(PQKB)10864027 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1767212 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1767212 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10909631 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL637735 035 $a(OCoLC)888746455 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000222699 100 $a20140830h20112011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLuso-Brazilian encounters of the sixteenth century $ea styles of thinking approach /$fAlessandro Zir 210 1$aLanham, Maryland ;$aPlymouth, England :$cFairleigh Dickinson University Press,$d2011. 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (143 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-06484-9 311 $a1-61147-020-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Styles of Thinking; 2 Neo-Platonism in the Early-Modern Period; 3 The Sixteenth-Century Corpus of the Portuguese Colonizers of Brazil: Ontological Issues; 4 The Sixteenth-Century Corpus of the Portuguese Colonizers of Brazil: Three Methodological Strategies; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author 330 $aAs it happens with other early-Modern corpora, the descriptive texts from 16th-century encounters of the Portuguese colonizers in Brazil are well-known for their strangeness. In them we find references to entities like monsters and demons, bizarre descriptions, and odd classification systems of plants and animals. For the most part, these elements are dismissed as mere eccentricities by modern scholars studying these texts. Instead, this book takes these elements seriously. They are focused on and tackled with a theoretical tool-styles of thinking-not yet used in Luso-Brazilian studies, and co 606 $aPortuguese prose literature$yClassical period, 1500-1700$xHistory and criticism 606 $aOntology in literature 606 $aColonies in literature 606 $aNeoplatonism$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aOntology$xHistory$y16th century 607 $aBrazil$xDiscovery and exploration$vEarly works to 1800$xHistory and criticism 607 $aBrazil$xIn literature 607 $aBrazil$xDiscovery and exploration$xHistoriography 615 0$aPortuguese prose literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aOntology in literature. 615 0$aColonies in literature. 615 0$aNeoplatonism$xHistory 615 0$aOntology$xHistory 676 $a869.09/35881 700 $aZir$b Alessandro$f1976-$01567933 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786892903321 996 $aLuso-Brazilian encounters of the sixteenth century$93839724 997 $aUNINA