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Item Details
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PREMODERN PLACES
CALAIS TO SURINAM, CHAUCER TO APHRA BEHN |
| By: |
David Wallace |
| Format: |
Other digital |
| List price:
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£78.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
047077634X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780470776346 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
25 February, 2008 |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
* A highly and engaging work by one of the world's most renowned medievalists. * Recreates and connects the places that appear in the works of Langland, Chaucer, Dante, Petrarch, Spenser, Shakespeare, Aphra Behn, and many others. |
| Synopsis: |
This book recovers places appearing in the mental mapping of medieval and Renaissance writers, from Chaucer to Aphra Behn. * A highly original work, which recovers the places that figure powerfully in premodern imagining. * Recreates places that appear in the works of Langland, Chaucer, Dante, Petrarch, Spenser, Shakespeare, Aphra Behn, and many others. * Begins with Calais - peopled by the English from 1347 to 1558 and ends with Surinam - traded for Manhattan by the English in 1667. * Other particular locations discussed include Flanders, Somerset, Genoa, and the Fortunate Islands (Canary Islands). * Includes fascinating anecdotes, such as the story of an English merchant learning love songs in Calais. * Provides insights into major historical narratives, such as race and slavery in Renaissance Europe. * Crosses the traditional divide between the medieval and Renaissance periods. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Wiley-Blackwell |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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