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Published by Oxford University Press, USA, 1999
ISBN 10: 0198186274ISBN 13: 9780198186274
Seller: As The Story Was Told, York, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, fine in wraps.
Published by Oxford At The Clarendon Press, 1995
ISBN 10: 0198119755ISBN 13: 9780198119753
Seller: G. & J. CHESTERS, TAMWORTH, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. pp.viii, 330 pages, a Fine hardback, in a fine dustwrapper [0198119755].
Published by Oxford University Press 1995, 1995
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF AUTHOR IAN WEDDE, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
Published by Oxford, Clarendon Press., 1995
ISBN 10: 0198119755ISBN 13: 9780198119753
Seller: Biblion Antiquariat, Zürich, ZH, Switzerland
Book
330 S. Ill. OLn, OU. Sprache: englisch.
Published by Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995
ISBN 10: 0198119755ISBN 13: 9780198119753
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Book
Hard. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket has some wear to corners. Book clean and tidy. Includes loose facsimile letter from academic previous owner to author. Size: 8vo.
Published by Oxford University Press 1996, 1996
Seller: Peter J. Hadley Bookseller ABA ILAB, Ludlow, United Kingdom
First Edition
Bookplate of Naval Historian Andrew David, VG bright tight copy in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. 330pp. 1st edition. Far-Fetched Facts is an essay in the history of the literature of travel, real and imaginary, from classical times, via the early accounts of the New World, to the accounts of the South Sea islands that lay beyond. It follows continuities from the Odyssey to the twentieth century and traces the interplay of fact and fiction in a literature with a notorious tendency to deviate from the truth. The late medieval travels of the imaginary Mandeville and the real Marco Polo are explored, and the writings of Columbus as he struggled to reconcile what 'Mandeville' and Polo had written with what he found in the West Indies. The philosophical consequences of the discovery of the New World are followed in the works of Montaigne and Bacon, and the factual travels of Dampier are placed in relation to the fictional travels of Crusoe and Gulliver. The various accounts of the scientific voyages of Cook and Bougainville are examined and their revelation of a Tahiti more mythic than scientific, erotic as well as exotic. All the factual accounts of the mutiny on the Bounty are assessed, and also the fictions that came in its wake. The supposedly factual narrative that is Herman Melville's first novel is read in relation to other travellers' accounts of the South Seas, as are the factual and fictional writings of Loti, Stevenson, Malinowski, Mead, and the Hawaiian Visitors Bureau. Far-Fetched Facts is the first full account of the Western idea of the South Seas as it evolved from the lost paradises of biblical and classical literature to end in the false paradise found by the tourist ISBN 0198119755.
Published by Oxford University Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 0198186274ISBN 13: 9780198186274
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germany
Book Print on Demand
Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Far-Fetched Facts is a fascinating look at travel literature, both real and imaginary, from classical times, via early accounts of the new world, to later accounts of the South Sea islands that lay beyond. Rennie traces continuities from the Odyssey to the twentieth century, and stresses the interplay of fact and fiction in a literature with a notorious tendency to stray from the truth. In the process, he provides close readings of various accounts of the mutiny on the Bounty as well as writings by and about Cook, Bougainville, Defoe, Swift, Byron, Melville, Loti, and Stevenson.
Published by Oxford University Press, USA, 1999
ISBN 10: 0198186274ISBN 13: 9780198186274
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 330 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Published by Clarendon Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 0198186274ISBN 13: 9780198186274
Seller: Iridium_Books, DH, SE, Spain
Book
Paperback. Condition: Muy Bueno / Very Good.