Niayesh / Unknown A knight’s legacy

Mandeville and Mandevillian Lore in Early Modern England
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5261-4823-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Web PDF, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture

The so-called Travels of Sir John Mandeville (c. 1356) was one of the most popular books of the late Middle Ages, highly influencing European perceptions of exotic lands and peoples at the onset of the Age of Discoveries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unknown,

Niayesh, Ladan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Contributors
Abbreviations
Foreword
Mary Baine Campbell
Part I: Editions and Receptions
1. Mandeville in England: the early years Michael S. Seymour
2. ‘Whet-stone leasings of old Maundevile’: reading the Travels in early modern England Charles W. R. D. Moseley
3. Mandeville reviviscent: early modern travel tales Kenneth Parker
Part II: Mandevillian Ideologies
4. The four rivers of paradise: Mandeville and the Book of Genesis Leo Carruthers
5. Mandeville On Muhammad: texts, contexts and influence Matthew Dimmock
6. A ‘science of dreams’: ‘the fantastic ethnography’ of Sir Walter Ralegh and Baconian experimentalism Line Cottegnies
Part III: Mandevillian Stages
7. Marlowe’s Tamburlaine: the well-travelled tyrant and some of his unchecked baggage Richard Hillman
8. Prester John writes back: the legend and its early modern reworkings Ladan Niayesh
9. Stage-Mandevilles: the far east and the limits of representation in the theatre, 1621/2002 Gordon Mcmullan
10. The politics of Mandevillian monsters in Richard Brome’s The Antipodes Claire Jowitt
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Niayesh Ladan:
Ladan Niayesh is a Maître de Conférences (Senior Lecturer) in English Literature at the University of Paris VII, FranceLadan Niayesh is a Maître de Conférences (Senior Lecturer) in English Literature at the University of Paris VII, France