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

By: Romm, James SMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1992]Copyright date: ©1992Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 0691201706Subject(s): Geography in literature | Classical literature -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books. Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification: 809.93591 LOC classification: PA3015.G44 | R65 1992
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Works Frequently Cited -- Introduction -- 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
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Works Frequently Cited -- Introduction -- 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

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.

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