LEADER 00000cam a2200673Ia 4500 001 ocn301989668 003 OCoLC 005 20160527040747.7 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 090206s2008 ne a ob 001 0 eng d 019 649903248|a764535952|a842973270 020 9781435695283|q(electronic book) 020 1435695283|q(electronic book) 020 9042024763 020 9789042024762 020 |z9042024763 020 |z9789042024762 035 (OCoLC)301989668|z(OCoLC)649903248|z(OCoLC)764535952 |z(OCoLC)842973270 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dOCLCQ|dOCLCA|dOCLCQ|dE7B|dEBLCP|dMHW |dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dCOO|dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ |dYDXCP|dOCLCQ|dOCL 041 0 eng|afre 043 e-fr---|aa------ 049 RIDW 050 4 PQ145.7.E2|bH377 2008eb 072 7 LIT|x004150|2bisacsh 082 04 840.9/325|222 090 PQ145.7.E2|bH377 2008eb 100 1 Harrigan, Michael.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ nb2009005642 245 10 Veiled encounters :|brepresenting the Orient in 17th- century French travel literature /|cMichael Harrigan. 264 1 Amsterdam ;|aNew York :|bRodopi,|c[2008] 264 4 |c©2008 300 1 online resource (299 pages) :|billustrations. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Faux titre,|x0167-9392 ;|v321 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 273)-294) and index. 505 0 Introduction -- Capturing cultural encounter -- The literature of encounter -- Threat and the Near East -- The East Indies : le jardin de l'Orient -- Aventures in the Orient -- Conclusion. 520 Travel narratives were the principal source of knowledge about the lands of the Near East and the Indian Ocean Basin in 17th-century France. Claiming the authority of first-hand observation, they paradoxically rely for their legitimization on the tropes of an established literary tradition. The status of these texts remained ambiguous, not least because of their anecdotal depictions of great riches, brutality or sexual promise. Drawing on the insights of post-colonial scholarship, this study tackles a question given scant attention in previous work and suggests that beyond the hazy representat. 546 In English and French. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 600 17 Draper.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1499061 648 7 1600-1699|2fast 651 0 Orient|xIn literature.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2008108715 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 655 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|aHarrigan, Michael.|tVeiled encounters. |dAmsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, ©2008|z9042024763 |z9789042024762|w(OCoLC)262509424 830 0 Faux titre ;|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n42036085|vno. 321. 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=257387|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d201606016|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID