Far-Fetched Facts: The Literature of Travel and the Idea of the South Seas [Lingua Inglese] - Rilegato

Rennie, Neil

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ISBN 10: 0198119755 ISBN 13: 9780198119753

Casa editrice: Oxford Univ Pr, 1995

Riassunto

Far-Fetched Facts is a fascinating look at travel literature, both real and imaginary, from classical times, via early accounts of the new world, to later accounts of the South Sea islands that lay beyond. Rennie traces continuities from the Odyssey to the twentieth century, and stresses the interplay of fact and fiction in a literature with a notorious tendency to stray from the truth. In the process, he provides close readings of various accounts of the mutiny on the Bounty as well as writings by and about Cook, Bougainville, Defoe, Swift, Byron, Melville, Loti, and Stevenson.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Neil Rennie is at University College London.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oxford Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0198119755
• ISBN 13: 9780198119753
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 330