Peripheral wonders : nature, knowledge, and enlightenment in the eighteenth-century Orinoco / Margaret R. Ewalt.
| Author/creator |
Ewalt, Margaret R., 1970- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press, ©2008. |
| Description | 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Bucknell studies in eighteenth-century literature and culture Bucknell studies in eighteenth-century literature and culture. ^A436902 |
| Contents | Introduction: Pathways to modernity -- Father Gumilla's textual cabinet of curiosities, missionary authority, and rhetoric of wonder -- Colonization, commerce, and conversions : mapping the economic and evangelical values of the Orinoco -- The Jesuits and an eclectic Enlightenment : mediating knowledge and Catholicism -- ¡Oh monstruo, oh bestia! : pathways to knowledge in El Orinoco ilustrado -- Conclusion: The legacy of Joseph Gumilla's El Orinoco ilustrado. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-249) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008013035 |
| ISBN | 9780838756898 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0838756891 (alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | F 2331.O7 E93 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |