Veiled encounters : representing the Orient in 17th-century French travel literature / / Michael Harrigan.
Travel narratives were the principal source of knowledge about the lands of the Near East and the Indian Ocean Basin in 17th-century France. Claiming the authority of first-hand observation, they paradoxically rely for their legitimization on the tropes of an established literary tradition. The stat...
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| Superior document: | Faux titre ; 321 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Faux titre ;
321. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Acknowledgements
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- Capturing Cultural Encounter
- The Literature of Encounter
- Threat and the Near East
- The East Indies: le Jardin de l’Orient
- Aventures in the Orient
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.