The so-called Travels of Sir John Mandeville (c. 1356) was one of the most popular books of the late Middle Ages, highly influencing European perceptions of exotic lands and peoples at the onset of the Age of Discoveries.
The so-called Travels of Sir John Mandeville (c. 1356) was one of the most popular books of the late Middle Ages, highly influencing European perceptions of exotic lands and peoples at the onset of the Age of Discoveries.
Ladan Niayesh is a Maître de Conférences (Senior Lecturer) in English Literature at the University of Paris VII, France
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Acknowledgements Contributors Abbreviations Foreword Mary Baine Campbell Part I: Editions and Receptions 1. Mandeville in England: the early years Michael S. Seymour 2. 'Whet-stone leasings of old Maundevile': reading the Travels in early modern England Charles W. R. D. Moseley 3. Mandeville reviviscent: early modern travel tales Kenneth Parker Part II: Mandevillian Ideologies 4. The four rivers of paradise: Mandeville and the Book of Genesis Leo Carruthers 5. Mandeville On Muhammad: texts, contexts and influence Matthew Dimmock 6. A 'science of dreams': 'the fantastic ethnography' of Sir Walter Ralegh and Baconian experimentalism Line Cottegnies Part III: Mandevillian Stages 7. Marlowe's Tamburlaine: the well-travelled tyrant and some of his unchecked baggage Richard Hillman 8. Prester John writes back: the legend and its early modern reworkings Ladan Niayesh 9. Stage-Mandevilles: the far east and the limits of representation in the theatre, 1621/2002 Gordon Mcmullan 10. The politics of Mandevillian monsters in Richard Brome's The Antipodes Claire Jowitt Index
Acknowledgements Contributors Abbreviations Foreword Mary Baine Campbell Part I: Editions and Receptions 1. Mandeville in England: the early years Michael S. Seymour 2. 'Whet-stone leasings of old Maundevile': reading the Travels in early modern England Charles W. R. D. Moseley 3. Mandeville reviviscent: early modern travel tales Kenneth Parker Part II: Mandevillian Ideologies 4. The four rivers of paradise: Mandeville and the Book of Genesis Leo Carruthers 5. Mandeville On Muhammad: texts, contexts and influence Matthew Dimmock 6. A 'science of dreams': 'the fantastic ethnography' of Sir Walter Ralegh and Baconian experimentalism Line Cottegnies Part III: Mandevillian Stages 7. Marlowe's Tamburlaine: the well-travelled tyrant and some of his unchecked baggage Richard Hillman 8. Prester John writes back: the legend and its early modern reworkings Ladan Niayesh 9. Stage-Mandevilles: the far east and the limits of representation in the theatre, 1621/2002 Gordon Mcmullan 10. The politics of Mandevillian monsters in Richard Brome's The Antipodes Claire Jowitt Index
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