Veiled encounters : representing the Orient in 17th-century French travel literature /
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...
| Основен автор: | Harrigan, Michael. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English French |
| Публикувано: |
Amsterdam ; New York :
Rodopi,
℗♭2008.
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| Серия: |
Faux titre ;
no. 321. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=257387 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Veiled encounters. |
| Резюме: |
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 status of these texts remained ambiguous, not least because of their anecdotal depictions of great riches, brutality or sexual promise. Drawing on the insights of post-colonial scholarship, this study tackles a question given scant attention in previous work and suggests that beyond the hazy representat. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273)-294) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781435695283 1435695283 9042024763 9789042024762 |
| ISSN: |
0167-9392 ; |