Sacred seeds : new world plants in early modern English literature / Edward McLean Test.

By:

Test, Edward McLean [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Early modern cultural studies (Lincoln, Neb.)Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781496212917
1496212916

Other title:

New world plants in early modern English literature

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sacred seeds.DDC classification:

820.9/364 23

LOC classification:

PR428.G37 T47 2019

Other classification:

LIT019000 | LIT004120

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Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. New Seeds, Strange Countries; 2. People of the Figs; 3. King Tobacco; 4. The Holy Wood of America; 5. Love Lies Bleeding; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Summary: "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 societies, economies, cultures, arts, and burgeoning sciences of Europe were quickly transformed by the ongoing encounter with the New World. The meeting of the New and the Old Worlds, however, was more than a meeting of disparate civilizations. It was also a confluence of exciting and often surprising associations that continually created new interfaces between materials and knowledge. The Western and Eastern Hemispheres, brought together by sailing ships for the first time on a large scale, helped create the global landscape we take for granted today. Central to this formative moment in global history were New World plants. The agriculture of indigenous peoples mythically and materially shaped English society and, subsequently, its literature in new and startling ways. Sacred Seeds examines New World plants--tobacco, amaranth, guaiacum, and the prickly pear cactus--and their associated Native myths as they moved across the Atlantic and into English literature. Edward McLean Test reinstates the contributions of indigenous peoples to European society, charting an alternative cultural history that explores the associations and assemblages of transatlantic multiplicity rather than Eurocentric homogeny"-- Provided by publisherSummary: "Sacred Seeds examines New World plants and their associated Native myths as they moved across the Atlantic and into English literature"-- Provided by publisher

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"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 societies, economies, cultures, arts, and burgeoning sciences of Europe were quickly transformed by the ongoing encounter with the New World. The meeting of the New and the Old Worlds, however, was more than a meeting of disparate civilizations. It was also a confluence of exciting and often surprising associations that continually created new interfaces between materials and knowledge. The Western and Eastern Hemispheres, brought together by sailing ships for the first time on a large scale, helped create the global landscape we take for granted today. Central to this formative moment in global history were New World plants. The agriculture of indigenous peoples mythically and materially shaped English society and, subsequently, its literature in new and startling ways. Sacred Seeds examines New World plants--tobacco, amaranth, guaiacum, and the prickly pear cactus--and their associated Native myths as they moved across the Atlantic and into English literature. Edward McLean Test reinstates the contributions of indigenous peoples to European society, charting an alternative cultural history that explores the associations and assemblages of transatlantic multiplicity rather than Eurocentric homogeny"-- Provided by publisher

"Sacred Seeds examines New World plants and their associated Native myths as they moved across the Atlantic and into English literature"-- Provided by publisher