1st Edition
Practices of Coexistence Constructions of the Other in Early Modern Perceptions
242 Pages
by
Central European University Press
The essays in this book provide interesting contributions to the ongoing debate concerning the representation of differing cultures, i.e., the “image of the Other” in the early modern period . They deal with images, projections, and perceptions, based on various experiences of coexistence. Although the individual contributions contain sources and references of iconography, this is not just... Read more
Introduction, The Good Fowler as a World Conqueror: Images of Suleyman the Magnificent in Early Modern Hungarian Literary Practice, Repercussions of a Murder: The Death of Sehzade Mustafa on the Early Modern English Stage, Constructing a Self-Image in the Image of the Other: Pope Pius II's Letter to Sultan Mehmed II, Topography of a Society: Muslims, Dwellers, and Customs of Algiers in Antonio de Sosa's Topographia, e Historia General de Argel, The Ragusan Image of Venice and the Venetian Image of Ragusa in the Early Modern Period, All Moldavian Eyes on Ottomans: Perceptions and Representations at the End of the Fifteenth Century, List of Contributors, Index
Biography
Marianna D. Birnbaum is Research Professor in the Department of Germanic Languages at UCLA. She is also involved in the Medieval Studies Department’s programs at the Central European University, Budapest.
Marcell Sebok is Assistant Professor at the Department of Medieval Studies of Central European University.
