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Author:   Dr Germán Campos Muñoz (Appalachian State University, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.558kg
ISBN:  

9781350170254

ISBN 10:   1350170259
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   06 May 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction: Plus Ultra Prospective Classicisms in Latin America The Class of the Classics Greek and Latin America? A Description of this Project Note on the Translations Chapter 1: Avatars Preliminaries Acosta, the Elder The Antarctic Ovid The Austral Muse Conclusions: Culling, Cultivation, and Culture Chapter 2: Chorographers 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 Fundación y Grandeza Conclusions Chapter 3: Personae Preliminaries Hypermetric History: José Joaquín de Olmedo’s Victoria de Junín An Ides of March in September: The 1828 Conspiracy Against Bolívar Conclusions: History, Impersonation, Prosopopoeia Chapter 4: Mythographers Preliminaries The Other Asterion The Creation of a Carioca Orpheus Orpheus in Color Confirmations, Rebuttals, and Antitheses Conclusions Chapter 5 (Coda): Pedagogues Preliminaries Monuments to the Origin Back to Eryce References

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From the rising walls of Lima to the samba rhythms of Rio, Campos-Munoz 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

A suitable introduction to novices in the growing field of South and Central American classical reception, for all the in-depth study it contains. * Greece & Rome Journal * From the rising walls of Lima to the samba rhythms of Rio, Campos-Munoz 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

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Germán Campos Muñoz is Associate Professor of World Literature at Appalachian State University, USA.

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