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The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought : Geography, Exploration, and Fiction

by: Romm, J.S.

Price: 42,00 EURO

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Category: Ancient Topography / Geography / History
Code: 7309
ISBN-13: 9780691069333 / 978-0-691-06933-3
ISBN-10: 0691069336 / 0-691-06933-6
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Date: 1992
Publication Place: New Jersey
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 228
Book Condition: New

The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought
Geography, Exploration, and Fiction
James S. Romm

About this book
For the Greeks and Romans the earth's farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. The alien qualities of these "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition that endured throughout antiquity and into the Renaissance, despite the growing challenges of emerging scientific perspectives. Here James Romm surveys this tradition, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre.

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Works Frequently Cited

Introduction

Geography as a Literary Tradition
One . The Boundaries of Earth

Two. Ethiopian and Hyperborean

Three. Wonders of the East

Four. Ultima Thule and Beyond

Five. Geography and Fiction

Epilogue. After Columbus

Index

 

 
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