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Frederic Regard
British Narratives of Exploration [PDF ebook]
Case Studies on the Self and Other

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Features a collection of essays that focus on British travel narratives from the seventeenth through to the nineteenth centuries. This work investigates how the early explorers” sense of self was destabilised by encounters with the Other.

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Formatera PDF ● Sidor 256 ● ISBN 9781317316305 ● Redaktör Frederic Regard ● Utgivare Taylor and Francis ● Publicerad 2015 ● Nedladdningsbara 3 gånger ● Valuta EUR ● ID 4446576 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM

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