Sacred seeds: new world plants in early modern English literature

"More than five hundred years after the fact, present-day writers still use hyperbolic adjectives to describe the "discovery" of the Americas. Columbus's crossing of the Atlantic--and the age of exploration that ensued--dramatically and forever changed the early modern world. The...

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Main Author: Test, Edward McLean (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Lincoln London University of Nebraska Press [2019]
In:Year: 2019
Series/Journal:Early modern cultural studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B English language / Literature / Plants (Motif) / The Americas (Motif) / History 1500-1700
B Girard, René 1923-2015
Further subjects:B Plants in literature
B Indigenous Peoples (America) Influence
B America in literature
B Gardens in literature
B Europe Civilization American influences
B English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism
B Nature Religious aspects
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