Pilgrimage and Narrative in the French Renaissance "the Undiscovered Country" |
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| Author:
| Williams, Wes |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-815940-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1999 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $269.09AUD $336.00 |
Book Description:
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This is the first full-length analysis of the place and meaning of pilgrimage in European Renaissance culture. Far from being simply a medieval practice, pilgrimage still mattered to readers, writers, and travellers in the Renaissance. Focusing on French literary texts, this is at once a piercing study in genre and a wide-ranging exploration of the politics of literature, experience, and popular culture.
This is the first full-length analysis of the place and meaning of pilgrimage in European Renaissance culture. Far from being simply a medieval practice, pilgrimage still mattered to readers, writers, and travellers in the Renaissance. Focusing on French literary texts, this is at once a piercing study in genre and a wide-ranging exploration of the politics of literature, experience, and popular culture.