English Explorers in the East (1738-1745)

The Travels of Thomas Shaw, Charles Perry and Richard Pococke
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-39777-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 794 g

In English Explorers in the East (1738-1745). The Travels of Thomas Shaw, Charles Perry and Richard Pococke, Rachel Finnegan offers an account of the influential travel writings of three rival explorers, whose eastern travel books were printed within a decade of each other.

Making use of historical records, Finnegan examines the personal and professional motives of the three authors for producing their eastern travels; their methods of researching, drafting, and publicising their works while still abroad; their relationships with each other, both while travelling and on their return to England; and the legacy of their combined works. She also provides a survey of the main features (both textual and visual) of the travel books themselves.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Finnegan, Rachel

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographische Entdeckungen und Erkundung
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Expeditions- & Reiseliteratur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Figures

1 Historical Context of Shaw, Perry and Pococke

2 Literary Context of Shaw, Perry and Pococke

3 Biographies and Interrelationships

4 Development of the Three Travel Books

5 Itineraries

6 Shaw’s Travels

7 Perry’s View

8 Pococke’s Description

9 Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rachel Finnegan, PhD (1991), National University of Ireland, was a lecturer at Waterford Institute of Technology (1995-2014) and is now a freelance editor. She has published widely on the Grand Tour, including an edition of Richard Pococke’s hitherto unpublished foreign travel correspondence (2011-2013).