Renaissance mad voyages : experiments in early modern English travel / Anthony Parr.
Renaissance mad voyages : experiments in early modern English travel / Anthony Parr.
Renaissance mad voyages : experiments in early modern English travel / Anthony Parr.
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G 2016/969
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English
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Physical content
xii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
A very English journey? -- Strange returns and performances -- Two prodigious feats -- Bills of adventure -- Gambling, wagers and the law -- Orpheus in the underworld.
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Place of Publication
England
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Summary
A vogue for travel a "stuntsa (TM) flourished in England between 1590 and the 1620s: playful imitations or burlesques of maritime enterprise and overland travel that collectively appear to be a response to particular innovations and developments in English culture. This study is the first full length scholarly work to focus on the curious phenomeno...
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Full title
Renaissance mad voyages : experiments in early modern English travel / Anthony Parr.
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General note
Cultures of play, 1300-1700.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-230) and index.
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G 2016/969
Record Identifier
74VKzAb24bEb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzAb24bEb
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ISBN
9781472457110 (epub)
9781472457097 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
1472457099 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
1472457102 (ebook)
9781472457103 (ebook)
1472457110 (epub)
DDC
820.93209031
MMS ID
991023538439702626
