The Book of John Mandeville: with Related Texts

by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

Overview

A fictive traveler's guide to the East, both Near and Far, The Book of John Mandeville was a late--medieval best seller, more popular in its day than Marco Polo's Travels. In addition to a fresh, vibrant translation--the first from the Middle French original since the fifteenth century—this edition of The Book of John Mandeville offers a succinct, broad-ranging Introduction to the work that touches on the question of authorship, the sources on which the text drew, and the transformation and reception of the work down to the present day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781603847803
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	03/15/2011
Series:	Hackett Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Iain Macleod Higgins is Associate Professor of English and Director of Medieval Studies, University of Victoria.