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  1. Veiled encounters
    representing the Orient in 17th-century French travel literature
    Author: Harrigan, Michael
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  Rodopi, Amsterdam [u.a.] ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    Travel narratives were the principal source of knowledge about the lands of the Near East and the Indian Ocean Basin in 17th-century France. Claiming the authority of first-hand observation, they paradoxically rely for their legitimization on the... more

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    Travel narratives were the principal source of knowledge about the lands of the Near East and the Indian Ocean Basin in 17th-century France. Claiming the authority of first-hand observation, they paradoxically rely for their legitimization on the tropes of an established literary tradition. The status of these texts remained ambiguous, not least because of their anecdotal depictions of great riches, brutality or sexual promise. Drawing on the insights of post-colonial scholarship, this study tackles a question given scant attention in previous work and suggests that beyond the hazy representat.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781435695283; 1435695283; 9042024763; 9789042024762
    RVK Categories: IF 5150
    Series: Faux titre ; 321
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (299 pages), Illustrations
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 273)-294) and index
  2. Veiled encounters
    representing the Orient in 17th-century French travel literature
    Author: Harrigan, Michael
    Published: ©2008
    Publisher:  Rodopi, Amsterdam

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1435695283; 9042024763; 9781435695283; 9789042024762
    Series: Faux titre ; no. 321
    Subjects: Literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French; French literature; Literature; Travel writing; Geschichte; Literatur; Travel writing; French literature; Reiseliteratur; Französisch; Orient <Motiv>
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (299 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 273)-294) and index

    Introduction -- Capturing cultural encounter -- The literature of encounter -- Threat and the Near East -- The East Indies : le jardin de l'Orient -- Aventures in the Orient -- Conclusion

    Travel narratives were the principal source of knowledge about the lands of the Near East and the Indian Ocean Basin in 17th-century France. Claiming the authority of first-hand observation, they paradoxically rely for their legitimization on the tropes of an established literary tradition. The status of these texts remained ambiguous, not least because of their anecdotal depictions of great riches, brutality or sexual promise. Drawing on the insights of post-colonial scholarship, this study tackles a question given scant attention in previous work and suggests that beyond the hazy representat
  3. Veiled encounters
    representing the Orient in 17th-century French travel literature
    Published: c2008
    Publisher:  Rodopi, Amsterdam

    Travel narratives were the principal source of knowledge about the lands of the Near East and the Indian Ocean Basin in 17th-century France. Claiming the authority of first-hand observation, they paradoxically rely for their legitimization on the... more

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    Hochschule Aalen, Bibliothek
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    Hochschule Esslingen, Bibliothek
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    Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
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    Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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    Travel narratives were the principal source of knowledge about the lands of the Near East and the Indian Ocean Basin in 17th-century France. Claiming the authority of first-hand observation, they paradoxically rely for their legitimization on the tropes of an established literary tradition. The status of these texts remained ambiguous, not least because of their anecdotal depictions of great riches, brutality or sexual promise. Drawing on the insights of post-colonial scholarship, this study tackles a question given scant attention in previous work and suggests that beyond the hazy representat

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English; French
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781435695283; 1435695283; 9042024763; 9789042024762
    Other identifier:
    9789042024762
    Series: Faux titre 0167-9392 ; 321
    Faux titre ; 321
    Subjects: Travel writing; French literature; French literature; Travel writing; Literature; Travel writing; French literature; LITERARY CRITICISM ; European ; French; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History
    Scope: Online Ressource (299 p.), ill.
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [273])-294) and index. - In English and French. - Description based on print version record