Renaissance Mad Voyages: Experiments in Early Modern English Travel

Renaissance Mad Voyages: Experiments in Early Modern English Travel
ISBN-10
1472457099
ISBN-13
9781472457097
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
248
Language
English
Published
2015-06-28
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Author
Professor Anthony Parr

Description

The first full length scholarly work to focus on the travel ‘stunts’ that flourished in England between 1590 and the 1620s, this study shows that the phenomenon of the ‘mad voyage’ had deep and diverse roots in traditional travel practices, in courtly play and mercantile custom, and in literary culture. Parr explores the role of these exploits in a world of growing social mobility, increasing tourism, and interest in experiment.

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