A probing exploration of Christopher Columbus's afterlife, as expressed in countless novels, poems, stories, and biographies. This book was awarded the Bernard M. Baruch Excellence in Scholarship Award.
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A probing exploration of Christopher Columbus's afterlife, as expressed in countless novels, poems, stories, and biographies. This book was awarded the Bernard M. Baruch Excellence in Scholarship Award.
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Near Fine/Very Good+ hard cover. 8vo, cloth, 169pp. edgewear, rubbing, scratches, dust jacket. light shelfwear, covers. used book price inked over front end page, clean, tight, text. lit.s.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Hardcover and dustwrapper a nice clean copy, almost new, writing on front endpaper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo., 169pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Bound in black cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a bump to the crown. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($22.95), has a small sticker ghost on the front panel but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
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New York. 1993. Twayne Publishers. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0805788514. 170 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Robert Freese. keywords: Literature Columbus History. FROM THE PUBLISHER-With the Columbian quincentennial have come a spate of books devoted to one or another aspect of the Italian mariner and his famous 1492 voyage. None, however, has taken the bold, creative approach of this new volume: to explore Columbus's ‘fifth voyage, ' the one depicted in hundreds of literary musings by writers worldwide over the past half-millennium. IMAGINING COLUMBUS: THE LITERARY VOYAGE is Ilan Stavans's stunning contribution to the literature on Columbus. ‘My purpose, ' says Stavans, ‘is to revisit, to investigate, to play with the asymmetrical geometries of the admiral's literary adventures in the human imagination. ' Arguing that writers have portrayed Columbus in three ways-as prophet or messiah, as ambitious goldseeker, and as conventional, unremarkable man-Stavans examines a veritable treasure trove of poems, novels, short stories, dramas, and other works on Columbus. Organizing his material into two main parts, Stavans first takes up ‘Mapmaking, ' inspecting the two opposing views of the celebration of the quincentennial; discussing the most notable biographies of Columbus, including those by Washington Irving and Samuel Eliot Morison; and providing the necessary biographical data on Columbus's life and achievements. Then, in ‘The Literary Character, ' Stavans takes up the geographic and historical development of Columbus as a narrative figure in literature, devoting a chapter to each of the three literary views of the admiral-portrayals by writers as diverse as Walt Whitman, Alejo Carpentier, James Fenimore Cooper, Friedrich Nietzsche, Nikos Kazantzakis, Ruben Dario, Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich, Philip Freneau, Stephen Marlowe, and scores of others. In a brilliantly imaginative conclusion, Stavans attempts to foresee what the future might bring. ‘My goal, ' he says, ‘is to describe some of the unwritten books on the mariner, the apocryphal titles that are likely to be published in the next 100 years. ' A hallmark testament to the potential of the human imagination, IMAGINING COLUMBUS will be hailed by scholars, students, and general audiences. inventory #22507.
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Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 169 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 169 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.