Travel and Wonder in the Early Modern World by Jaska Kainulainen - 9781032829098

Travel and Wonder in the Early Modern WorldRepresentations, Descriptions and Uses of the Unfamiliar\nAuthor(s): Jaska Kainulainen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032829098, 978-1032829098\nSynopsis\nThis collection of chapters explores wonder in the context of early modern travel and travel writing, offering multifaceted and novel interpretations of the problematic relationship between a traveller and their unfamiliar environment through various geographical, chronological and thematic lenses.\n\nExploring representations, descriptions and uses of the unfamiliar, the contributors discuss and elucidate rhetorical, epistemological, religious, colonial, materialistic and emotional aspects of wonder in the early modern world. They study European travellers and their texts, as well as descriptions of wonder within the Muslim world and reactions to the unfamiliar reported by Muslim travellers in Europe. The collection.