Early Modern Tales of Orient: A Critical AnthologyKenneth Parker Psychology Press, 1999 - 290 pagina's Early Modern Tales of Orientchallenges the widely held assumption that English travelers originally went to the Orient to colonize. Gathered together for the first time, this collection of Renaissance traveler's tales presents startling evidence that early modern journeys were oftentimes made not to conquer exotic foreign countries, but instead to beg favors. Entertaining and highly readable, these ten stories of exploration, diplomacy, commerce, and tourism were extremely popular in their own time. Though 400 years old, the stories bring to light issues that resonate today: Islamophobia, English nationalism, representations of Turks and Persians, and the Catholic/Protestant divide. |
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 1 |
The rare and most wonderfull things 1590 | 36 |
The voyage of the Susan of London to Constantinople 1598 | 48 |
A description of a voiage to Constantinople and Syria 1598 | 54 |
Sir Antony Sherley His Relation of his Travels into Persia 1613 | 61 |
The travels of certaine Englishmen 1609 | 83 |
The Preachers Travels 1611 | 106 |
An Itinerary 1617 | 128 |
The totall discourse of the rare aduentures 1632 | 149 |
A voyage into the Levant 1636 | 175 |
Some years travels into divers parts 1677 | 195 |
A New Account of EastIndia and Persia 1698 | 221 |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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