Review "Without a doubt an interesting book of discovery on all levels: discovery is its theme, but it also enabled me to discover areas of intellectual experience which were hitherto unknown to me."-Giuseppe F. Mazzotta, Yale University "With her elegant, but firm and lucid prose, Buccini reconstructs this central intellectual debate of the Enlightenment. From Ludovico Antonio Muratori to Giambattista Vico, from Rousseau to Voltaire, from Goldoni to Pietro Chiari, the well-attained object of her exposition is to clarify the various, and at times, contradictory, terms of perception of the New World."-Francesco Guardiani, University of Toronto "[A]n original contribution in a field already tilled by such prominent historians as Antonello Gerbi, Rosario Romeo, and Sergio Landucci."-Gustavo Costa, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley "This study of the idea of America in the eighteenth century is a remarkably mature book that deals with the great themes of history and utopia, with the `imaginaire' without ever abandoning the guidance of philology."-Paolo Cherchi, The University of Chicago From the Back Cover The curiosity with which Europeans approached the New World was reflected in the writings of Italian historians, missionaries, travelers, and explorers, who described with fascination the customs of the peoples they encountered in their travels. In this study Stefania Buccini examines the representation of the Americas in Italian literature during the Age of the Enlightenment. See all Product description
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