Travel Fact and Travel Fiction: Studies on Fiction, Literary Tradition, Scholarly Discovery and Observation in Travel Writing (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)

travel fact and travel fiction: studies on fiction, literary tradition, scholarly discovery and observation in travel writing (brill's studies in intellectual history)

Travel Fact and Travel Fiction: Studies on Fiction, Literary Tradition, Scholarly Discovery and Observation in Travel Writing (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)

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Travel Fact and Travel Fiction contains 18 articles by different authors on important examples of travel writing from Classical Antiquity (Herodotus) until the first half of the nineteenth century. Discussed are among others Herodotus, Egeria, Rubruck, Marco Polo, Columbus, Joachim Du Bellay, Busbequius, Gryphius, Goethe and Dickens. Central themes are fiction, literary tradition, scholarly discovery and observation.

Travel Fact and Travel Fiction: Studies on Fiction, Literary Tradition, Scholarly Discovery and Observation in Travel Writing (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History),Z. Von Martels,Zwender Von Martels,Brill Academic Publishers,9004101128,Architecture,Description And Travel,Fiction,History and criticism,Intellectual History,Interior Design - General,Medieval,Sociology,Technique,Travel writing,Travelers' writings

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