Moorings: Portuguese Expansion and the Writing of Africa

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U of Minnesota Press, Jan 1, 2009 - Literary Criticism - 203 pages
Delving into the Portuguese imperial experience, 'Moorings' enriches our understanding of historical and literary imagination during a significant period of Western expansion.
 

Contents

1 Encountering the African
1
2 Expansion and the Contours of Africa
33
3 The Monster of Melancholy
105
Notes
155
Works Cited
175
Index
197
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