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 |
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Veiled encounters. |
Съдържание:
- 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.