Asia in the making of Europe. Volume II, A century of wonder. book 2, Literary arts / Donald F. Lach.

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Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Portugal and the Learned Community of Europe -- Introduction -- Chapter I: Heralds of Empire -- 1. Portuguese Students and Diplomats Abroad -- 2. Damião de Góis, Publicist of Empire -- 3. Foreigners, Returnees, and Jesuits in Portugal -- Chapter II: Books, Libraries, and Reading -- 1. Portugal and Spain -- 2. Italy -- 3. The Germanies -- 4. The Low Countries, France, and England -- Appendix: Books on Asia in Sixty Sixteenth-Century Collections -- Part II: The National Literatures

IntroductionChapter III: The Inherited Themes -- 1. Antiquity -- 2. The Romance of Alexander -- 3. The Westward Migration of Story -- 4. Renaissance Forms and Fashions -- Chapter IV: Portuguese Literature -- 1. Glory and Disillusionment -- 2. Maritime Tragedies and Siege Triumphs -- 3. The Chronicle-Narrative -- 4. The Epic Synthesis -- Chapter V: Spanish Literature -- 1. Curiosity, Hope, and Frustration -- 2. Universal Empire in Romance and Poetry -- 3. New Historical Genres -- Chapter VI: Italian Literature -- 1. Realism in Romantic Poetry

2. Popular and Didactic Literature3. History and Cosmography -- 4. The Political Thought of Giovanni Botero -- Chapter VII: French Literature -- 1. The Challenge of Asia -- 2. The New World of the Poets -- 3. Cultural Relativism in Popular and Didactic Prose -- 4. From Cosmography to Universal History -- Chapter VIII: The Germanic Literatures -- 1. German Literature -- A. First Reactions -- B. Protestants versus Catholics -- 2. Netherlandish Literature -- 3. English Literature -- A. From Humanism to Cosmography -- B. The Art of Poesy

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