Description: Premodern Places : Calais to Surinam, Chaucer to Aphra Behn, Hardcover by Wallace, David, ISBN 1405113936, ISBN-13 9781405113939, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This book recovers places appearing in the mental mapping of medieval and Renaissance writers, from Chaucer to Aphra Behn.
- A highly original work, which recovers the places that figure powerfully in premodern imagining.
- Recreates places that appear in the works of Langland, Chaucer, Dante, Petrarch, Spenser, Shakespeare, Aphra Behn, and many others.
- Begins with Calais – peopled by the English from 1347 to 1558 and ends with Surinam – traded for Manhattan by the English in 1667.
- Other particular locations discussed include Flanders, Somerset, Genoa, and the Fortunate Islands (Canary Islands).
- Includes fascinating anecdotes, such as the story of an English merchant learning love songs in Calais.
- Provides insights into major historical narratives, such as race and slavery in Renaissance Europe.
- Crosses the traditional divide between the medieval and Renaissance periods.
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Book Title: Premodern Places : Calais to Surinam, Chaucer to Aphra Behn
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Name: Premodern Places : Calais to Surinam, Chaucer to Aphra Behn
Language: English
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Subject: Medieval, Earth Sciences / Geography, General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year: 2004
Item Height: 1.2 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 22.8 Oz
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Science
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: David Wallace
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
