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'''''Of Cannibals''''' is an essay, one of those in the collection [[Essays (Montaigne)|Essays]], by [[Michel de Montaigne]], describing the ceremonies of the [[Tupinambá people]] in Brazil. In particular, he reported about how the group ceremoniously ate the bodies of their dead enemies as a matter of honor. In his work, he uses [[cultural relativism]] and compares the cannibalism to the "barbarianism" of 16th-century Europe.<ref> |
'''''Of Cannibals''''' is an essay, one of those in the collection [[Essays (Montaigne)|Essays]], by [[Michel de Montaigne]], describing the ceremonies of the [[Tupinambá people]] in Brazil. In particular, he reported about how the group ceremoniously ate the bodies of their dead enemies as a matter of honor. In his work, he uses [[cultural relativism]] and compares the cannibalism to the "barbarianism" of 16th-century Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Montaigne and Cultural Relativism|url = http://www.victorianweb.org/courses/nonfiction/montaigne/bleicher2.html|website = www.victorianweb.org|accessdate = 2015-12-23}}</ref> |
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An English translation, ''Of the Caniballes'', appeared in [[John Florio]]'s 1603 translation of the ''Essais''. This has often been viewed (first by [[Edward Capell]] in 1781) as an influence on [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Tempest]]'', in particular Act II, Scene 1.<ref>{{cite journal |title=How Great Was Shakespeare's Debt to Montaigne? |first=Alice |last=Harmon |journal=[[Publications of the Modern Language Association of America|PMLA]] |volume=57 |issue=4 |year=1942 |pages=988–1008 |jstor=458873}}</ref> |
An English translation, ''Of the Caniballes'', appeared in [[John Florio]]'s 1603 translation of the ''Essais''. This has often been viewed (first by [[Edward Capell]] in 1781) as an influence on [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Tempest]]'', in particular Act II, Scene 1.<ref>{{cite journal |title=How Great Was Shakespeare's Debt to Montaigne? |first=Alice |last=Harmon |journal=[[Publications of the Modern Language Association of America|PMLA]] |volume=57 |issue=4 |year=1942 |pages=988–1008 |jstor=458873}}</ref> |
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Of Cannibals is an essay, one of those in the collection Essays, by Michel de Montaigne, describing the ceremonies of the Tupinambá people in Brazil. In particular, he reported about how the group ceremoniously ate the bodies of their dead enemies as a matter of honor. In his work, he uses cultural relativism and compares the cannibalism to the "barbarianism" of 16th-century Europe.[1]
An English translation, Of the Caniballes, appeared in John Florio's 1603 translation of the Essais. This has often been viewed (first by Edward Capell in 1781) as an influence on Shakespeare's The Tempest, in particular Act II, Scene 1.[2]
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- The essay Of Cannibals at Project Gutenberg; 1877 translation by Charles Cotton