New world literacy : writing and culture across the Atlantic, 1500-1700 / Carlos Alberto González Sánchez ; translated by Tristan Platt ; revised by Behany Aram.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

González Sánchez, Carlos Alberto.

Contributor:

Platt, Tristán.

Aram, Bethany.

Series:

Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory.

The Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Books and reading--Latin America--History--16th century.

Books and reading.

Books and reading--Latin America--History--17th century.

Book industries and trade--Latin America--History--16th century.

Book industries and trade.

Book industries and trade--Latin America--History--17th century.

Spanish literature--Classical period, 1500-1700--Appreciation--Latin America.

Spanish literature.

Latin America--Intellectual life--16th century.

Latin America.

Latin America--Intellectual life--17th century.

America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.

America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg : Lewisburg Bucknell University Press, c2011.

Summary:

This book on the role of written and iconographic communication in the Atlantic World combines a broad outlook, geographically and chronologically, with the precise treatment of specific evidence extracted from the sources. This book opens up new worlds on the impact of books and images in the Atlantic World.

Contents:

Questions of method

Books and Atlantic trade

Literary worlds

Book markets

European settlements and written culture

Literary republic.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-35594-6

1-61148-027-2

OCLC:

852756803