The Inner Sea: Maritime Literary Culture in Early Modern Portugal

by Josiah Blackmore

An expansive consideration of how nautical themes influenced literature in early modern Portugal.

In this book, Josiah Blackmore considers how the sea and seafaring shaped literary creativity in early modern Portugal during the most active, consequential decades of European overseas expansion. Blackmore understands "literary" in a broad sense, including a diverse archive spanning genres and disciplines--epic and lyric poetry, historical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226820467
• ISBN13: 9780226820460
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"