{"product_id":"the-classics-in-south-america-9781350170254","title":"The Classics in South America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA suitable introduction to novices in the growing field of South and Central American classical reception, for all the in-depth study it contains. * Greece \u0026amp; Rome Journal *\u003cbr\u003eFrom the rising walls of Lima to the samba rhythms of Rio, Campos-Muñoz 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements List of Illustrations   \u003cb\u003eIntroduction: \u003ci\u003ePlus Ultra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Prospective Classicisms in Latin America The Class of the Classics  Greek and Latin America? A Description of this Project Note on the Translations  \u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Avatars\u003c\/b\u003e Preliminaries Acosta, the Elder  The Antarctic Ovid The Austral Muse Conclusions: Culling, Cultivation, and Culture  \u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Chorographers\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eFundación y Grandeza\u003c\/i\u003e Conclusions  \u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Personae\u003c\/b\u003e Preliminaries Hypermetric History: José Joaquín de Olmedo’s \u003ci\u003eVictoria de Junín\u003c\/i\u003e An Ides of March in September: The 1828 Conspiracy Against Bolívar Conclusions: History, Impersonation, Prosopopoeia  \u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Mythographers \u003c\/b\u003e Preliminaries The Other Asterion The Creation of a Carioca Orpheus Orpheus in Color Confirmations, Rebuttals, and Antitheses Conclusions  \u003cb\u003eChapter 5 (Coda): Pedagogues\u003c\/b\u003e Preliminaries Monuments to the Origin Back to Eryce  References","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019632279895,"sku":"9781350170254","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350170254.jpg?v=1750780847","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-classics-in-south-america-9781350170254","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}