The witness and the other world

Cornell University Press

1988

x, 283 p.

9780801421372

pt. 1. The East: The scriptural East: Egeria, Arculf, and the written pilgrimage --The fabulous East: "wonder books" and grotesque facts --The utter East: merchant and missionary travels during the "Mongol peace" --"That othere half": Mandeville naturalizes the East --pt. 2. The West: "The end of the East": Columbus discovers paradise --"Inward feeling": Ralegh and the penetration of the interior --Epilogue: A brief history of the future.

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