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OverviewThis volume examines the long and complex history of the Greco-Roman tradition in South America, arguing that the Classics have played a crucial, though often overlooked, role in the self-definition in the New World. Chronicling and theorizing this history through a detailed analysis of five key moments, chosen from the early and late colonial period, the emancipatory era, and the 20th and 21st centuries, it also examines an eclectic selection of both literary and cinematographic works and artefacts such as maps, letters, scientific treatises, songs, monuments, political speeches, and even the drafts of proposals for curricular changes across Latin America. The heterogeneous cases analysed in this book reveal cultural anxieties that recur through different periods, fundamentally related to the 'newness' of the continent and the formation of identities imagined as both Western and non-Western – a genealogy of apprehensions that South American intellectuals and political figures have typically experienced when thinking of their own role in world history. In tracing this genealogy, The Classics in South America innovatively reformulates our understanding of well-known episodes in the cultural history of the region, while providing a theoretical and historical resource for further studies of the importance of the Classical tradition across Latin America. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Germán Campos Muñoz (Appalachian State University, USA)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Weight: 0.558kg ISBN: 9781350170254ISBN 10: 1350170259 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 06 May 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction: Plus Ultra Prospective Classicisms in Latin America The Class of the Classics Greek and Latin America? A Description of this Project Note on the Translations Chapter 1: Avatars Preliminaries Acosta, the Elder The Antarctic Ovid The Austral Muse Conclusions: Culling, Cultivation, and Culture Chapter 2: Chorographers Preliminaries The Borders of the New World: Pedro Nolasco Mere’s Maps of the Walls of Lima The Language of the New World: Rodrígo de Valdés’s Fundación y Grandeza Conclusions Chapter 3: Personae Preliminaries Hypermetric History: José Joaquín de Olmedo’s Victoria de Junín An Ides of March in September: The 1828 Conspiracy Against Bolívar Conclusions: History, Impersonation, Prosopopoeia Chapter 4: Mythographers Preliminaries The Other Asterion The Creation of a Carioca Orpheus Orpheus in Color Confirmations, Rebuttals, and Antitheses Conclusions Chapter 5 (Coda): Pedagogues Preliminaries Monuments to the Origin Back to Eryce ReferencesReviewsFrom the rising walls of Lima to the samba rhythms of Rio, Campos-Munoz opens up new vistas for Classical reception in South America that elucidate how Greek and Roman literature and culture were repurposed in order to help forge New-World identities. -- Seth A. Jeppesen, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Brigham Young University, USA A suitable introduction to novices in the growing field of South and Central American classical reception, for all the in-depth study it contains. * Greece & Rome Journal * From the rising walls of Lima to the samba rhythms of Rio, Campos-Munoz opens up new vistas for Classical reception in South America that elucidate how Greek and Roman literature and culture were repurposed in order to help forge New-World identities. -- Seth A. Jeppesen, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Brigham Young University, USA Author InformationGermán Campos Muñoz is Associate Professor of World Literature at Appalachian State University, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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