- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press; New edition edition (31 Dec 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0806130199
- ISBN-13: 978-0806130194
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14 x 2.5 cm
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- #56 in Books > History > Countries & Regions > South America > Guyana
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The Discoverie is a fundamental source for the historical anthropology of the Americas, but how Ralegh garnered the information it contains, and the interpretation of that information, remain basic issues in reading the Discoverie. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
The Discoverie is a fundamental source for the historical anthropology of the Americas, but how Ralegh garnered the information it contains, and the interpretation of that information, remain basic issues in reading the Discoverie. Read the first page
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difficult but rewarding
21 Nov 2001
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Little needs to be said about Ralegh's text beyond the obvious--it is a fascinating example of Renaissance self-fashioning through travel writing. It is reproduced carefully and faithfully here, with a minimum of editorial intrusion, for which readers should be grateful.
Whitehead's long introduction poses more of a problem. It is shockingly badly written--one imagines that the editors threw up their hands in despair at the atrocious quality of the prose. Only professional anthropologists and historians are likely to struggle through it. This is a great shame, because Whitehead's argument is fascinating and important. In essence, he argues that many of the most seemingly fantastical aspects of Ralegh's account (tales of Indians with faces in their chests, etc.) weren't simply European projections, but products of an interaction between European assumptions and native myths.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
The Discoverie of the Large, Rich, and Bewtiful Eympyre of G
4 Feb 2000
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I think that this book was excellent. The author was a very talented man. I recommend this book to any one who would like to learn more about the history of South America.
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
The Discoverie of the Large, Rich, and Bewtiful Eympyre of G
4 Feb 2000
Format:Paperback
I think that this book was excellent. The author was a very talented man. I recommend this book to any one who would like to learn more about the history of South America.
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