E-raamat: New Worlds, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery

Graftons book is about the identity of the Americasan identity hewn out of intellectual conflict, just as much as military or political conflict. -- David McKitterick * New York Times Book Review * In his eloquent disquisitionGrafton demonstrates his mastery of the world of the Renaissance text and his skills as a historian of scholarship, scholarly processes, and intellectual debates. -- Larry Ceplair * Los Angeles Times Book Review * Beautifully presented and delightful to read. Graftons prose has a rare combination of qualities, smooth-flowing and hard-hitting The concentrated power, the broad erudition, the impeccable aim which characterize Graftons vignettes are enviable. -- Felipe Fernįndez-Armesto * London Review of Books * Grafton is massively erudite and scrupulous as a scholar; at the same time he has command of a relaxed narrative style: his book about the reconfiguration of knowledge in Renaissance Europe is aimed at the general reader and no doubt finds its mark. -- Mary Baine Campbell * Arion *