Published: 2023-04-26

«D’occulte terre altro emispero»: journey and conquest in Seventeenth-century epic poetry

Giulia Dell’Aquila Logo ORCID

Abstract

Between the late Sixteenth century and the first half of the Seventeenth century, an epic production dedicated to the narrative of the discovery and conquest of America became widespread. The customs and traditions of the native peoples and the fascinating nature of those places, untouched by civilization, are made known to European readers through a series of oceanic poems, which correspond to the desire for knowledge and exoticism typical of the 17th century. For these reasons, the American epic, while collaborating in consolidating stereotypes related to ethnicity, well represents the seventeenth-century spirit, animated by a broad and bold project of revolution in every field of knowledge.

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Dell’Aquila, G. (2023). «D’occulte terre altro emispero»: journey and conquest in Seventeenth-century epic poetry. Fabrica Litterarum Polono-Italica, (2(6), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.31261/FLPI.2023.06.11

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No. 2(6) (2023)
Published: 2023-09-08


eISSN: 2658-185X
Ikona DOI 10.31261/FLPI

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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