Travel fact and travel fiction : : studies on fiction, literary tradition, scholarly discovery, and observation in travel writing / / edited by Zweder von Martels.
Travel Fact and Travel Fiction contains 18 articles by different authors on important examples of travel writing from Classical Antiquity (Herodotus) until the first half of the nineteenth century. Discussed are among others Herodotus, Egeria, Rubruck, Marco Polo, Columbus, Joachim Du Bellay, Busbeq...
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| Superior document: | Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Volume 55 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : E.J. Brill,, 1994. ©1994 |
| Year of Publication: | 1994 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
Volume 55. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (265 pages) :; illustrations. |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Zweder von Martels
- The Art Of Herodotus And The Margins Of The World / Detlev Fehling
- Travel Descriptions In The Argonautica Of Apollonius Rhodius / M. A. Harder
- Alexander The Great And Ancient Travel Stories / W. J. Aerts
- Egeria The Voyager, Or The Technology Of Remote Sensing In Late Antiquity / Andrew Palmer
- William Of Rubruck In The Mongol Empire: Perception and Prejudices / Peter Jackson
- Marco Polo's Voyages: The Conflict Between Confirmation and Observation / Martin Gosman
- Between Mandeville and Columbus: Tvoyage By Joos Van Ghistele / István Bejczy
- Travel Fact and Travel Fiction in the Voyages Of Columbus / Valerie I. J. Flint
- Different Readings Of Hanno's Voyage From The Renaissance To The Seventeenth Century—From Pure Erudition To Ideological Debate / Monique Mund-Dopchie
- Writing In Exile: Joachim Du Bellay, Rome And Renaissance France / G. Hugo Tucker
- The Colouring Effect Of Attic Style And Stoicism In Busbequius's Turkish Letters / Zweder von Martels
- Barlaeus's Description Of The Dutch Colony In Brazil / A.J.E. Harmsen
- Gryphius In Italy / Peter Skrine
- The Traveller-Author And His Role In Seventeenth-Century German Travel Accounts / Jill Bepler
- Thomas Penson: Precursor Of The Sentimental Traveller / C.D. van Strien
- Goethe's And Stolberg's Italian Journeys And The Romantic Ideology Of Art / Roger Paulin
- 'The Wheel Of Time Is Rolling For An End' / Jan H. A. Lokin
- Index / Zweder von Martels.