Encyclopedia of Travel Literature
Christopher K. Brown
Before visual media, readers learned about foreign countries, exotic realms, other peoples, and intrepid adventurers through travel writers. Here you'll read about Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, who died in 1817 on his return trip from Mecca and was buried still disguised as a Muslim; George Sand, who scandalized Europe by illegally wearing trousers and wrote a singularly interesting travel book; and Lord Byron, who fictionalized his Grand Tour in Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.
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Godina:
2000
Izdanje:
1st ed
Izdavač:
ABC-CLIO, Inc.
Jezik:
english
Strane:
260
ISBN 10:
0874369401
ISBN 13:
9780874369403
Fajl:
PDF, 1.38 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2000