Blackmore, Josiah. Moorings : Portuguese expansion and the writing of Africa

Folger bibliographic ID: 245576
Folger call number: DT36.3 .B58 2009
Folger holdings ID: 312296
Accession Number: 266142

Delving into the Portuguese imperial experience, 'Moorings' enriches our understanding of historical and literary imagination during a significant period of Western expansion

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-195) and index

Contents

Introduction: Into Africa -- Encountering the African -- Some medieval formulations -- The African in-between -- Expansion and the contours of Africa -- Routes, histories, and chronicles -- Strangeness under the imperial sun -- Africa and the imagination -- The monster of melancholy -- Adamastor melancholicus -- The masculine ship -- The devil's map

Item information about Folger DT36.3 .B58 2009

Gift of Josiah Blackmore

Extended title: Moorings : Portuguese expansion and the writing of Africa / Josiah Blackmore

Africans in literature Muslims in literature Imperialism in literature Historiography Portuguese literature Portugal Africa

author: Blackmore, Josiah, 1959-