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The Book of John Mandeville
Sir John Mandeville
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Description for The Book of John Mandeville
Paperback. Book of John Mandeville Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
A fictive traveler's guide to the East, both Near and Far, The Book of John Mandeville was a late--medieval best seller, more popular in its day than Marco Polo's Travels. In addition to a fresh, vibrant translation--the first from the Middle French original since the fifteenth century—this edition of The Book of John Mandeville offers a succinct, broad-ranging Introduction to the work that touches on the question of authorship, the sources on which the text drew, and the transformation and reception of the work down to the present day.
Product Details
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
379g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9780872209350
SKU
V9780872209350
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99-2
About Sir John Mandeville
Iain Macleod Higgins is Associate Professor of English and Director of Medieval Studies, University of Victoria.
Reviews for The Book of John Mandeville
Honorable Mention Recipient, 2011 MLA Scaglione Prize for an Outstanding Translation of a Literary Work:The Book of John Mandeville, one of the most important medieval travel books, has been translated into English from the original Anglo-Norman French for the first time since the late fourteenth century. Iain Macleod Higgins's accurate, readable, and judiciously edited rendering now supersedes the modernizations of Middle English versions that have hitherto been the English-speaking world's chief access to a work second only to Marco Polo's Travels in its influence and the duration of its popularity. Higgins's copious annotation, detailed index, and inclusion of translated excerpts from Mandeville's sources and other relevant texts make this a historically important contribution to our knowledge of medieval travel literature and of Western perceptions of non-Western peoples. Impressive scholarship combines with skillful translation of a medieval work with great modern relevance."
Modern Language Association Iain Macleod Higgins's edition of The Book of John Mandeville with Related Texts offers the first English translation from the Anglo-Norman for 600 years, together with a collection of excerpts from a range of sources that inform this synthesized travel narrative. Higgins’s edition is at once scholarly and highly readable, combining a lively translation of this hugely influential work with judicious commentary on the text and textual tradition, its contexts, and criticism. Its publication in a highly affordable paperback edition makes an impressive piece of scholarship into a valuable teaching text.
The Year's Work in English Studies, (Volume 92, Issue 1 2013)
Modern Language Association Iain Macleod Higgins's edition of The Book of John Mandeville with Related Texts offers the first English translation from the Anglo-Norman for 600 years, together with a collection of excerpts from a range of sources that inform this synthesized travel narrative. Higgins’s edition is at once scholarly and highly readable, combining a lively translation of this hugely influential work with judicious commentary on the text and textual tradition, its contexts, and criticism. Its publication in a highly affordable paperback edition makes an impressive piece of scholarship into a valuable teaching text.
The Year's Work in English Studies, (Volume 92, Issue 1 2013)