Travel Fact and Travel Fiction
| Author | : Z.R.W.M. von Martels |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 265 |
| Release | : 1994-08-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9789004247093 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9004247092 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (092 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Travel Fact and Travel Fiction by : Z.R.W.M. von Martels
Download or read book Travel Fact and Travel Fiction written by Z.R.W.M. von Martels and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1994-08-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel Fact and Travel Fiction contains 18 articles by different authors on important examples of travel writing from Classical Antiquity (Herodotus) until the first half of the nineteenth century. Discussed are among others Herodotus, Egeria, Rubruck, Marco Polo, Columbus, Joachim Du Bellay, Busbequius, Gryphius, Goethe and Dickens. Central themes are fiction, literary tradition, scholarly discovery and observation.
