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The witness and the other world: exotic European travel writing, 400-1600
Campbell, Mary B., 1954-
Year: 1991, c1988.
Publisher:  Cornell University Press. 
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table of contents
Frontmatter
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART ONE: THE EAST
1 The Scriptural East: Egeria, Arculf, and the Written Pligrimage
2 The Fabulous East: "Wonder Books" and Grotesque Facts
3 The Utter East: Merchant and Missionary Travels during the "Mongol Peace"
4 "That othere half": Mandeville Naturalizes the East
PART TWO: THE WEST
5 "The end of the East" Columbus Discovers Paradise
6 "Inward Feeling": Ralegh and the Penetration of the Interior
Epilogue: A Brief History of the Future
References
Index
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Title: The witness and the other world : exotic European travel writing, 400-1600 Mary B. Campbell.
Author: Campbell, Mary B., 1954-
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E-Distribution Information: University of Michigan Library, Scholarly Publishing Office
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Source Version: The witness and the other world : exotic European travel writing, 400-1600 Mary B. Campbell
Campbell, Mary B., 1954-
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991, c1988.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.03193
Subject Headings: • Geography, Medieval
• Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism
• Difference (Psychology) in literature
• Europeans -- Travel -- History
• Exoticism in literature
• Travel in literature
• Voyages and travels
• European literature -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- History and criticism
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