Travelers To The Other World
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The Witness And The Other World
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Author : Mary Baine Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-08-06
The Witness And The Other World written by Mary Baine Campbell and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
Surveying exotic travel writing in Europe from late antiquity to the age of discover, The Witness and the Other World illustrates the fundamental human desire to change places, if only in the imagination.Mary B. Campbell looks at works by pilgrims, crusaders, merchants, discoverers, even armchair fantasists such as Mandeville, as well as the writings of Marco Polo, Columbus, and Walter Raleigh. According to Campbell, these travel accounts are exotic because they bear witness to alienated experiences; European travelers, while claiming to relate fact, were often passing on monstrous projections. She contends that their writing not only documented but also made possible the conquest of the peoples whom she travelers described, and she shows how travel literature contributed to the genesis of the modern novel and the modern life sciences.
Travels To The Otherworld And Other Fantastic Realms
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Author : Claude Lecouteux
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2020-08-04
Travels To The Otherworld And Other Fantastic Realms written by Claude Lecouteux and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-04 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
A collection of tales from the Middle Ages that reveal voyages to Heaven and Hell, the realm of the Faery, mystical lands, and encounters with mythic beasts • Shares travelers’ accounts of voyages into the afterlife, alarming creatures of unparalleled strangeness, encounters with doppelgangers and angels, chivalric romantic misadventures, and legends of heroes • Explains how travelers’ tales from the Middle Ages drew on geographies, encyclopedias, travel accounts, bestiaries, and herbals for material to capture the imagination of their audiences • Includes rare illustrations from incunabula and medieval manuscripts Heading off to discover unknown lands was always a risky undertaking during the Middle Ages due to the countless dangers lying in wait for the traveler--if we can believe what the written accounts tell us. In the medieval age of intercontinental exploration, tales of sea monsters, strange hybrid beasts, trickster faeries, accidental trips to the afterlife, and peoples as fantastic and dangerous as the lands they inhabited abounded. In this curated collection of medieval travelers’ tales, editors Claude and Corinne Lecouteux explain how the Middle Ages were a melting pot of narrative traditions from the four corners of the then-known world. Tales from this period often drew on geographies, encyclopedias, travel accounts, bestiaries, and herbals for material to capture the imagination of their audiences, who were fascinated by the wonders being discovered by explorers of the time. Accompanied by rare illustrations from incunabula and medieval manuscripts, the stories in this collection include voyages into the afterlife, with guided tours of Hell and glimpses of Heaven, as well as journeys into other fantastic realms, such as the pagan land of the Faery. It also includes accounts from travelers such as Alexander the Great of alarming creatures of unparalleled strangeness, encounters with doppelgangers and angels, legends of heroes, and tales of chivalric romantic misadventures, with protagonists swept to exotic new places by fate or by quest. In each story, the marvelous is omnipresent, and each portrays the reactions of the protagonist when faced with the unknown. Offering an introduction to the medieval imaginings of a wondrous universe, these tales reflect the dreams and beliefs of the Middle Ages’ era of discovery and allow readers to survey mythic geography, meet people from the far ends of the earth, and experience the supernatural.
Travelers To The Other World
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Author : Romin Teratol
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Travelers To The Other World written by Romin Teratol and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Tzotzil Indians categories.
Laughlin presents a selection of the journals of Zinacantec Maya Rom n Teratol and Antzelmo P rez, describing their journeys to the United States in 1963 and 1967.
The Other World
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Author : J.J. Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Release Date : 2017-12-15
The Other World written by J.J. Roberts and has been published by Archway Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-15 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
Zac is a smart, athletic, twelve-year-old who enjoys life, having fun, spending time with his friends, and especially playing baseball. His world turns topsy-turvy one spring break when his dreams begin. The dreams are so real, hes not sure if hes dreaming or actually traveling to these unusual places. After one dream, he wakes up with black-and-blue marks on his arms. Could they possibly be from the pirate he ran into during his dream? Zacs discoveries leave him knowing hes involved in a very serious fight for leadership between the aliens, the Mayans, and the current world as he knows it. Zac finds out hes a descendant of the Mayans, but theres no one to ask about how to deal with his unique capabilities. Hes on his own; he doesnt have a clue how to address the issues and save his family and his world. When his mother gives him a book, handed down through the generations and not opened for more than one hundred years, it may help him through these struggles. Or does it just make the situation more confusing?
The Last Motley
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Author : DJ Edwardson
language : en
Publisher: Giraffix Media
Release Date : 2017-12-06
The Last Motley written by DJ Edwardson and has been published by Giraffix Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-06 with Fiction categories.
A hunted child. A magical curse. And a tailor in over his head. Every century a motley is born. Though only children, their patchwork skin marks them as dangerous, especially to those who know about the first motley. That one nearly destroyed the world. But a chance meeting with Roderick the tailor may hold the key to breaking the curse. Roderick has no sword or armor or power of his own. He's not even rich. But what he does have is a heart moved by compassion for a hunted boy. Old legends spring to life. Nightmares walk the land. But heroes may be found in the most unlikely of places. Will this be the last motley? If you like heart-warming fantasy you'll love this original fantasy novel from Grace Award finalist DJ Edwardson.
The Wayward Traveler
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Author : Robert Louis Demayo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-08-18
The Wayward Traveler written by Robert Louis Demayo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Wayward Traveler follows the adventures of Louis, a young American who, in 1985, is determined to travel the world. The story takes place in forty countries and spans ten years. Whether you're a traveller or an arm chair traveller, this book will make you feel the road.
The Cambridge Introduction To Travel Writing
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Author : Tim Youngs
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-05-27
The Cambridge Introduction To Travel Writing written by Tim Youngs and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-27 with Literary Criticism categories.
Surveying various works of travel literature, this text argues that travel writing redefines the myriad genres it often comprises.
The Witness And The Other World
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Author : Mary B Campbell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
The Witness And The Other World written by Mary B Campbell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with categories.
Writing Travel
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Author : John Zilcosky
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2008-11-13
Writing Travel written by John Zilcosky and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-13 with Literary Collections categories.
Interest in travel writing has grown rapidly within the disciplines of postcolonial and cultural studies; however, recent scholarship has failed to place travel writing within the larger literary tradition. Writing Travel assembles a superb collection of essays that demonstrate how travel attempts to reconfigure the world and, in so doing, to become a metaphor for imagination, subjectivity, and representation itself. Examining a broad range of texts and travellers from across the world, the contributors discuss canonical authors such as Homer, Goethe, and Baudelaire, alongside lesser known writers such as Theodor Herzl, Hans Erich Nossack, and William Gibson. This theoretically rich volume draws connections between travel and narrative, and provides powerful insights into the relationship between travel and the spoken act of storytelling, as well as the more ambivalent act of story writing. An engaging collection of essays by first-rate scholars, Writing Travel is an illuminating exploration of the history of travel writing, its influence on other literary genres, and the origins of narrative.
An Entirely Different World Russian Visitors To The Cape 1797 1870
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Author : Boris Gorelik
language : en
Publisher: Van Riebeeck Society for the Publication of Southern African Historical Documents
Release Date : 2015-11-01
An Entirely Different World Russian Visitors To The Cape 1797 1870 written by Boris Gorelik and has been published by Van Riebeeck Society for the Publication of Southern African Historical Documents this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-01 with History categories.
The Russian view of the Cape as represented in this volume may be unique. During the period in question, Russia had no cultural, political or economic ties with South Africa. Russians saw the Cape only as a convenient stopover en route to the Far East, to their country’s distant domains that could not be reached by sea otherwise. The Cape was one of the ‘exotic’ lands they would visit on such journeys, their first and only introduction to the African continent. Although amazed and perplexed by the ‘entirely different world’ they found here, Russian travellers would often draw unexpected parallels between life in their motherland and the realities of the Cape Colony. The selections include memoirs of such important Russian personalities as Yuri Lisyansky, Vasily Golovnin, Ivan Goncharov and Konstantin Posyet. Most of the texts appear in English for the first time.