Virtual voyages: travel writing and the antipodes, 1605-1837
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Beteilige Person: Arthur, Paul Longley 1972- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London Anthem Press 2010
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Virtual Voyages' is a fascinating account of the European discovery of the elusive 'great south land' told through the literature of 'imaginary voyages'
Front Matter; Half Title; Title; Copyright; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; EDITORIAL NOTE; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: REAL AND IMAGINARY VOYAGES; Colonial Vision; Reality Effects; Utopian Worlds; Literary Criticism; Robinsonades and Gulliveriana; Chapter 2: BLANK SPACES FOR THE IMAGINATION; Antipodean Inversions and Reversals; Joseph Hall's Mundus alter et idem (1605); I; II; III; Gabriel de Foigny's La Terre Australe connue (1676); I; II; III; Chapter 3: EXOTICISM AND ROMANTICISM; The Colour of Truth; Robert Paltock's The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins (1750)
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 190 pages)
ISBN:1843318008
1843318393
9781843318002
9781843318392