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Author Harrigan, Michael

Title Veiled encounters : representing the Orient in 17th-century French travel literature / Michael Harrigan
Published Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations
Series Faux titre, 0167-9392 ; 321
Faux titre ; no. 321.
Contents Introduction -- Capturing cultural encounter -- The literature of encounter -- Threat and the Near East -- The East Indies : le jardin de l'Orient -- Aventures in the Orient -- Conclusion
Summary Travel narratives were the principal source of knowledge about the lands of the Near East and the Indian Ocean Basin in 17th-century France. Claiming the authority of first-hand observation, they paradoxically rely for their legitimization on the tropes of an established literary tradition. The status of these texts remained ambiguous, not least because of their anecdotal depictions of great riches, brutality or sexual promise. Drawing on the insights of post-colonial scholarship, this study tackles a question given scant attention in previous work and suggests that beyond the hazy representat
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273)-294) and index
Notes In English and French
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Subject Travel writing -- France -- History -- 17th century
French literature -- 17th century -- History and criticism
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
French literature
Literature
Travel writing
SUBJECT Orient -- In literature
Subject Asia -- Orient
France
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781435695283
1435695283
9042024763
9789042024762
9789401206402
9401206406