Knights Legacy - Mandeville and Mandevillian Lore in Early Modern England

Informationen zum Autor Ladan Niayesh is a Maître de Conférences (Senior Lecturer) in English Literature at the University of Paris VII, France Klappentext The so-called Travels of Sir John Mandeville (c. 1356) was one of the most popular books of the late Middle Ages, highly influencing European perceptions of exotic lands and peoples at the onset of the Age of Discoveries. Zusammenfassung The so-called Travels of Sir John Mandeville (c. 1356) was one of the most popular books of the late Middle Ages! highly influencing European perceptions of exotic lands and peoples at the onset of the Age of Discoveries. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsContributorsAbbreviationsForewordMary Baine CampbellPart I: Editions and Receptions1. Mandeville in England: the early years Michael S. Seymour2. 'Whet-stone leasings of old Maundevile': reading the Travels in early modern England Charles W. R. D. Moseley3. Mandeville reviviscent: early modern travel tales Kenneth ParkerPart II: Mandevillian Ideologies4. The four rivers of paradise: Mandeville and the Book of Genesis Leo Carruthers5. Mandeville On Muhammad: texts, contexts and influence Matthew Dimmock6. A 'science of dreams': 'the fantastic ethnography' of Sir Walter Ralegh and Baconian experimentalism Line CottegniesPart III: Mandevillian Stages7. Marlowe's Tamburlaine: the well-travelled tyrant and some of his unchecked baggage Richard Hillman8. Prester John writes back: the legend and its early modern reworkings Ladan Niayesh9. Stage-Mandevilles: the far east and the limits of representation in the theatre, 1621/2002 Gordon Mcmullan 10. The politics of Mandevillian monsters in Richard Brome's The Antipodes Claire JowittIndex

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• Authors: Niayesh Ladan, Ladan Niayesh, Ladan Niayesh
• Assisted by: Niayesh Ladan (Editor), Ladan Niayesh (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.12.2010
• EAN: 9780719081750
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8175-0
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture; Manchester Medieval Literature; Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Classic Travel Writing