| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 329 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; v. 140 |
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Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 140. 1573-4188
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| Contents |
Introduction : genre, witness, and time in the 'book' of travels / Palmira Brummett -- Late medieval ambassadors and the practice of cross-cultural encounters, 1250-1450 / Joan-Pau Rubiés -- Ruy González de Clavijo's narrative of courtly life and ceremony in Timur's Samarqand, 1404 / David J. Roxburgh -- Copying maps by Matthew Paris : itineraries fit for a king / Daniel K. Connolly -- 'A mirrour of mis-haps, a mappe of miserie' : dangers, strangers, and friends in Renaissance pilgrimage / Wes Williams -- Postcards from the harem : the cultural translation of Niccolao Manucci's book of travels / Pompa Banerjee -- Afterword : one reader reading / Mary Baine Campbell |
| Summary |
This collection assesses genre, ethnology, and pilgrimage in a set of disparate travel narratives spanning the medieval to early modern eras. It assesses the possibilities for cultural translation as travelers witness, craft, and imagine desired, fearful, and sacred lands |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-309) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Europeans -- Travel -- Asia
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Travelers' writings, European -- History and criticism
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Literary form -- History
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Travelers' writings, European -- Themes, motives
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Ethnology in literature.
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Pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.
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Intercultural communication in literature.
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TRAVEL.
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Ethnology in literature
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Europeans -- Travel
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Intercultural communication in literature
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Literary form
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Literature
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Pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature
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Travel
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Travelers' writings, European
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| SUBJECT |
Asia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008613
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Asia -- In literature
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| Subject |
Asia
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brummett, Palmira Johnson, 1950-
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| LC no. |
2009008453 |
| ISBN |
9789047428442 |
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9047428447 |
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1282601474 |
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9781282601475 |
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9786612601477 |
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6612601477 |
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