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Autore |
Higgins Iain Macleod |
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Titolo |
Writing East : the "travels" of Sir John Mandeville / / Iain Macleod Higgins |
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-21172-6 |
9786613211729 |
0-8122-0226-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (348 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Travelers' writings, English - History and criticism |
Geography, Medieval, in literature |
Travel, Medieval |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-314) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Here Begins the Book of John Mandeville, Knight -- 3. “Chases Estranges” in Constantinople and the Eastern Mediterranean -- 4. Marvels, Miracles, and Dreams of Re-Expansion in Egypt and the Holy Land -- 5. Earthly Symmetry and the Mirror of Marvelous Diversity in and Around Ynde -- 6. Faith and Power in the Great Khan's Cathay and Prester John's Land -- 7. Personal and Pagan Piety in the Direction of Paradise -- 8. Having Come to Rest Despite Myself -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- Work Cited -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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No work revealed more of the mysterious East to statesmen, explorers, readers, and writers of the late Middle Ages than the Book of John Mandeville. One of the most widely circulated documents of its day, it first appeared in French between 1356 and 1371 and was soon translated into nine other European languages. Ostensibly the account of one English knight's journeys through Africa and Asia, it is, rather, a compilation of travel writings first shaped by an unknown redactor.Writing East is a study of how Mandeville's Travels came to appear in its various versions, explaining how it went through a series of transformations as it reached new audiences in order to serve as both a |
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