The Book Of Travels Genre Ethnology And Pilgrimage 1250 1700
Download and Read The Book Of Travels Genre Ethnology And Pilgrimage 1250 1700 full books in PDF, ePUB, and Kindle. Read online free The Book Of Travels Genre Ethnology And Pilgrimage 1250 1700 ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
The 'book' of Travels
Author | : Palmira Johnson Brummett |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004174982 |
Download The 'book' of Travels Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The early modern era is often envisioned as one in which European genres, both narrative and visual, diverged indelibly from those of medieval times. This collection examines a disparate set of travel texts, dating from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries, to question that divergence and to assess the modes, themes, and ethnologies of travel writing. It demonstrates the enduring nature of the itinerary, the variant forms of witnessing (including imaginary maps), the crafting of sacred space as a cautionary tale, and the use of the travel narrative to represent the transformation of the authorial self. Focusing on European travelers to the expansive East, from the soft architecture of Timur's tent palaces in Samarqand to the ambiguities of sexual identity at the Mughul court, these essays reveal the possibilities for cultural translation as travelers of varying experience and attitude confront remote and foreign (or not so foreign) space.
The 'book' of Travels Related Books
Pages: 368
Pages: 369
Pages: 707
Pages: 307
Pages: 449