On the Wonders of Land and Sea - Persianate Travel Writing

On the Wonders of Land and Sea is a comparative study of travel writers in the eastern Islamic world from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Situating texts in their socio-historical contexts, the essays study works by male and female Muslim and Parsi/Zoroastrian travelers in the Hijaz, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India, and Europe.

About the author

Roberta Micallef

Summary

On the Wonders of Land and Sea is a comparative study of travel writers in the eastern Islamic world from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Situating texts in their socio-historical contexts, the essays study works by male and female Muslim and Parsi/Zoroastrian travelers in the Hijaz, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India, and Europe.

Product details

• Authors: Roberta Micallef, Roberta Micallef
• Assisted by: Roberta Micallef (Editor), Sunil Sharma (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2013
• EAN: 9780674073340
• ISBN: 978-0-674-07334-0
• No. of pages: 198
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 230 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 324 g
• Illustrations: 10 halftones
• Series: Ilex Series; Hellenic Studies - Ilex (HUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales