The 'book' of travels : genre, ethnology, and pilgrimage, 1250-1700

Resource Information

The work The 'book' of travels : genre, ethnology, and pilgrimage, 1250-1700 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The 'book' of travels : genre, ethnology, and pilgrimage, 1250-1700

Title remainder

genre, ethnology, and pilgrimage, 1250-1700

Statement of responsibility

edited by Palmira Brummett

Contributor

• Brummett, Palmira Johnson, 1950-
• Brummett, Palmira Johnson, 1950-

Subject

• Asia -- Description and travel
• Asia -- In literature
• Ethnology in literature
• Europeans -- Travel -- Asia
• Intercultural communication in literature
• Literary form -- History
• Pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature
• Travelers' writings, European -- History and criticism
• Travelers' writings, European -- Themes, motives

Language

eng

Summary

This collection assesses genre, ethnology, and pilgrimage in a set of disparate travel narratives spanning the medieval to early modern eras. It assesses the possibilities for cultural translation as travelers witness, craft, and imagine desired, fearful, and sacred lands

Member of

• Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central
• Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 140
• Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions,, 140

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

Dewey number

915.04/3

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

DS6

LC item number

.B66 2009eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• standards specifications
• bibliography