Travel and wonder in the early modern world : representations, descriptions and uses of the unfamiliar / edited by Jaska Kainulainen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kainulainen, Jaska, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Travel--History--16th century.

Travel.

Travel--History--17th century.

Travel writing--History--16th century.

Travel writing.

Travel writing--History--17th century.

Wonder--History--16th century.

Wonder.

Wonder--History--17th century.

Wonder in literature.

Curiosities and wonders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2026.

Contents:

Ways of seeing and reporting wonder

Taming wonder through ekphrasis: Florida and Europe, 1542 and 1605

A country for old men?: Wondrous gerontocracy in Sir Walter Raleigh's The discoverie of Guiana

Wonders travelling from China: Examples from the Settala Collection

Evliya Çelebi in Egypt: Self-fashioning and the creation of the wondrous

Explaining wonders: Kashmir in the voyages of François Bernier

From strange to familiar: Ottoman eyes in Paris in the eighteenth century

Wonders and curiosities: Early modern British impressions of Bohemia

Reducing and othering wonder: The work of John Green and Abbé Prévost

Wonders of the night: Nocturnal darkness as a sensory experience

Columbus, travel and wonder: A decolonial reading from Latin American Marvelous Real.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version Travel and wonder in the early modern world

ISBN:

9781003506928 (electronic bk.)

1003506925 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

90102357095

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.