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Trade and Romance
Michael Murrin
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Description for Trade and Romance
Hardcover. Examines the complex relations between the expansion of trade in Asia and the production of heroic romance in Europe from the second half of the thirteenth century through the late seventeenth century. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
In Trade and Romance, Michael Murrin examines the complex relations between the expansion of trade in Asia and the production of heroic romance in Europe from the second half of the thirteenth century through the late seventeenth century. He shows how these tales of romance, ostensibly meant for the aristocracy, were important to the growing mercantile class as a way to gauge their own experiences in traveling to and trading in these exotic locales. Murrin also looks at the role that growing knowledge of geography played in the writing of the creative literature of the period, tracking how accurate, or ... Read more
In Trade and Romance, Michael Murrin examines the complex relations between the expansion of trade in Asia and the production of heroic romance in Europe from the second half of the thirteenth century through the late seventeenth century. He shows how these tales of romance, ostensibly meant for the aristocracy, were important to the growing mercantile class as a way to gauge their own experiences in traveling to and trading in these exotic locales. Murrin also looks at the role that growing knowledge of geography played in the writing of the creative literature of the period, tracking how accurate, or ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226071572
SKU
V9780226071572
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Ref
99-15
About Michael Murrin
Michael Murrin is the Raymond W. and Martha Hilpert Gruner Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, the Department of Comparative Literature, and the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. He is the author of History and Warfare in Renaissance Epic, The Allegorical Epic, and The Veil of Allegory, all published by the University of ... Read more
Reviews for Trade and Romance
"Both immensely erudite and fun to read, Michael Murrin's Trade and Romance chronicles three stages of Europe's premodern commercial engagements with Asia: the traversing of the Silk Route, the arrival of the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean, and the exploration by Englishmen and Russians of a northern land route to China. Trade and Romance can be enjoyed not only by ... Read more