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British Narratives of Exploration: Case Studies on the Self and Other
Author(s): Frédéric Regard (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1 May 2009
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 185196620X
- ISBN-13: 9781851966202
Book Description
Features a collection of essays that focus on British travel narratives from the seventeenth through to the nineteenth centuries. This work investigates how the early explorers’ sense of self was destabilised by encounters with the Other.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘This collection will heighten awareness of travel narratives as rich, multifaceted sources and promote nuanced, subtle, and probing analysis of these texts and what they reveal about their authors’ intentions and experiences of encounter.’ Itinerario
About the Author
Frederic Regard
