Achieving Student Success e-bog
253,01 DKK
(inkl. moms 316,26 DKK)
This incisive and luminescent story, scrupulously grounded in sixteenth-century sources, illuminates the power that "e;naming"e; has to create a world - in this case a world still haunted by being the accidental Indies. It is a book about how we perceive and represent the world around us, about the creative and destructive power of language. Through its elaboration of the rich and livel...
E-bog
253,01 DKK
Udgivet
11 januar 2010
Genrer
HBJD
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780773582330
This incisive and luminescent story, scrupulously grounded in sixteenth-century sources, illuminates the power that "e;naming"e; has to create a world - in this case a world still haunted by being the accidental Indies. It is a book about how we perceive and represent the world around us, about the creative and destructive power of language. Through its elaboration of the rich and lively ironies of the Columbus story, The Accidental Indies looks at the nature of storytelling itself.