Early Modern Tales of Orient: A Critical Anthology

ISBN-13: 9780415147576 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 300 str.

Kenneth Parker

Opis

A collection of travellers tales. By introducing an array of accounts (of exploration, diplomatic, and commercial ventures), Kenneth Parker seeks to challenge widely-held assumptions about Early Modern encounters in the Orient. The documents assembled in this text have extraordinary resonance for us today. Many of the discourses which in part, emerged from those early encounters - such as Islamophobia, English Nationalism, and the Catholic/Protestant divide - are still active in contemporary society. This volume sheds a unique light on the development of a very English interest in the exotic.

Recenzje

'An invaluable teaching tool which will give students access to neglected writers and texts.' - Richard Danson Brown, Wasafiri

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction Edward Webb : The rare and most wonderful things (1590) William Harbourne : 'The Voyage of Susan of London to Constantinople' (1596) Richard Wragge : 'A description of a voyage to Constantinople and Syria' (1958) Anthony Sherley : Sir Anthony Sherley his relation of his travels into Persia (1601) William Biddulph : The travels of certaine Englishmen (1609) John Cartwright : The Preacher's Travels (1611) George Sayndys : A Relation of a Journey (1615) Fynes Moryson : An Itinerary (1617) William Lithgow The totall discourse of the rare adventures (1632) Henry Blount : A breife relation of a journey (1636) Sir Thomas Herbert : Some yeers travel into divers parts (1677) Appendices Index.

O autorze

Kenneth Parker is Emeritus Professor and formerly Head of the Cultural Studies Graduate Centre, University of East London, UK.