The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

ISBN: 9780141441436

出版社: Penguin USA

出版年: 2005-8

页数: 224

定价: 124.00元

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

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Immediately popular when it first appeared around 1356, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville became the standard account of the East for several centuriesa work that went on to influence luminaries as diverse as Leonardo da Vinci, Swift, and Coleridge. Ostensibly written by an English knight, the Travels purport to relate his experiences in the Holy Land, Egypt, India, and China. Mandeville claims to have served in the Great Khans army and to have journeyed to the lands beyondcountries populated by dog-headed men, cannibals, Amazons, and pygmies. This translation by the esteemed C.W.R.D. Moseley conveys the elegant style of the original, making this an intriguing blend of fact and absurdity, and offering wondrous insight into fourteenth- century conceptions of the world.

作者简介

约翰·曼德维尔（Sir John Mandevile，1670-1733）英国作家，以《曼德维尔游记》一书闻名于世。

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