Early Modern Tales of Orient

A Critical Anthology
Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-415-14757-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 542 g

Early Modern Tales of Orient is the first volume to collect together these travellers' tales and make them available to today's students and scholars. By introducing a fascinating array of accounts (of exploration, diplomatic, and commercial ventures), Kenneth Parker challenges widely-held assumptions about Early Modern encounters in the Orient. The documents assembled in Early Modern Tales of Orient 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'.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parker, Kenneth

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Interkulturelle Kommunikation & Interaktion
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatersoziologie, Theaterpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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