Rhetoric and wonder in English travel writing, 1560-1613
Exploring how far early modern travel writing could give the strange the ring of truth, this book offers rhetorical readings of the representations by early modern writers of new worlds and the wonder experienced before them. The author complements, and sometimes counters, recent work on early modern travel literature by concentrating on its use of
Criticism, interpretation, etc
viii, 215 p. ; 24 cm.
9780754656258, 075465625X
1170757065
Contents: Preface; Introduction: Wonder, rhetoric and travel; The truth of travel writing; Wonder texts; Inventing and elocuting wonder; Composing and acting wonder; Epilogue; References; Select index.