Travel fact and travel fiction
Subtitle: studies on fiction, literary tradition, scholarly discovery, and observation in travel writing
By: edited by Zweder von Martels.
Contributors: Martels, Z. R. W. M. von.
Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history,; v. 55
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Leiden [The Netherlands]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Travel writing.; Travelers' writings -- History and criticism.; Fiction -- Technique.
Description: Travel Fact and Travel Fiction contains 18 articles by different authors on important examples of travel writing from Classical Antiquity (Herodotus) until the first half of the nineteenth century. Discussed are among others Herodotus, Egeria, Rubruck, Marco Polo, Columbus, Joachim Du Bellay, Busbequius, Gryphius, Goethe and Dickens. Central themes are fiction, literary tradition, scholarly discovery and observation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.