Virtual voyages : travel writing and the antipodes, 1605-1837 /

Virtual Voyages' is a fascinating account of the European discovery of the elusive 'great south land' told through the literature of 'imaginary voyages'.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arthur, Paul Longley (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2010.
Colección:Anthem studies in travel.
Temas:
Geschichte 1605-1837.
Voyages, Imaginary > History and criticism.
Voyages imaginaires > Histoire et critique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Discoveries in geography
Travel
Voyages, Imaginary
Entdeckung
Erforschung
Imaginäre Reise
Reiseliteratur
Reiseliteratur.
Entdeckung.
Europe > History, Naval.
Europe > Discovery and exploration.
Australia > Description and travel.
Europe > Histoire navale.
Europe > Découverte et exploration.
Australie > Descriptions et voyages.
Australia
Europe
Australien
Australien.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Naval history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter; Half Title; Title; Copyright; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; EDITORIAL NOTE; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: REAL AND IMAGINARY VOYAGES; Colonial Vision; Reality Effects; Utopian Worlds; Literary Criticism; Robinsonades and Gulliveriana; Chapter 2: BLANK SPACES FOR THE IMAGINATION; Antipodean Inversions and Reversals; Joseph Hall's Mundus alter et idem (1605); I; II; III; Gabriel de Foigny's La Terre Australe connue (1676); I; II; III; Chapter 3: EXOTICISM AND ROMANTICISM; The Colour of Truth; Robert Paltock's The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins (1750).

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