Columbus
Subtitle: meeting of cultures : proceedings of the symposium held at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, October 16-17, 1992
By: edited by Mario B. Mignone
Contributors: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Series: Filibrary series -- no. 4
Publisher: Forum Italicum
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Stony Brook, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 113
Subjects: Congresses; Discovery and exploration; Spanish
Notes: "Forum Italicum, Columbus supplement."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Understanding the Columbian quincentenary as an educational opportunity / Eli Selfman; title: Introduction / Mario B. Mignone; title: Columbus bashing: culture wars over the construction of an anti-hero / Marvin Lunenfeld; title: The tragic ironies of the Columbus story / Anne Paolucci; title: Crossing the ocean in 1492 / Maristella Lorch; title: The rights of native peoples: a positive contribution to the Columbian encounter / James Muldoon; title: The question of Columbus's historical significance / Richard Gambino; title: Revision of the Columbus myth: is he an historical hero?; title: The American world Columbus met / Alice Kehoe; title: Columbus as comic hero / Foster Provost; title: The conquest of marvel / Sandra Ferdman; title: Conquistadores and immigrants: linguistic conflicts in the impact with the new world / Antonella Cancellier; title: Knave or fool? Two demythifying views of Columbus / Pilar V. Rotella; title: Columbus and our culture wars / Dielal Kadir; title: Christopher Columbus: untying the myth / Irene Marchegiani Jones and Frank Fata.