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8%OFFIain Macleod Higgins - Writing East: The Travels of Sir John Mandeville - 9780812233438 - V9780812233438
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Writing East: The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

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Description for Writing East: The Travels of Sir John Mandeville Hardback. "A remarkable analysis of an important medieval text.. This work will surely initiate new studies of the precolonial frame of mind and the role of distinct versions of medieval manuscripts in the shaping of medieval understanding."-Sixteenth Century Journal Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 666.

No work revealed more of the mysterious East to statesmen, explorers, readers, and writers of the late Middle Ages than the Book of John Mandeville. One of the most widely circulated documents of its day, it first appeared in French between 1356 and 1371 and was soon translated into nine other European languages. Ostensibly the account of one English knight's journeys through Africa and Asia, it is, rather, a compilation of travel writings first shaped by an unknown redactor.
Writing East is a study of how Mandeville's Travels came to appear in its various versions, explaining how it went ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
The Middle Ages Series
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812233438
SKU
V9780812233438
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About Iain Macleod Higgins
By Iain Macleod Higgins

Reviews for Writing East: The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
"Writing East is a remarkable analysis of an important medieval text. . . . Higgins persuasively argues for the multiplicity of medieval European understandings of the East that had important consequences for several centuries. This work will surely initiate new studies of the precolonial frame of mind and the role of distinct versions of medieval manuscripts in the shaping of ... Read more

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