Emissaries in early modern literature and culture : mediation, transmission, traffic, 1550-1700 / edited by Brinda Charry and Gitanjali Shahani.
| Other author | Charry, Brinda. |
| Other author | Shahani, Gitanjali. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009. |
| Description | x, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Transculturalisms, 1400-1700 Transculturalisms, 1400-1700. ^A783118 |
| Contents | The Shah's two ambassadors : The travels of the three English brothers and the global early modern / Jonathan Burton -- Of gifts, ambassadors, and copy-cats : diplomacy, exchange, and difference in early modern India / Ania Loomba -- Representing the king of Morocco / Virginia Mason Vaughan -- Just passing : Abbé Carré, spy, harem-lord, and 'made in france' / Pompa Banerjee -- 'After my humble dutie remembered' : factors and versus merchants / Barbara Sebek -- Passengers, spies, emissaries, and merchants : travelers and early modern English identity / M. G. Aune -- The translator as emissary : continental works about the Ottomans in England / Linda McJannet -- The Queen of Onor and her emissaries : Fernão Mendes Pinto's dialogue with India / Hannah Chapelle Wojciehowski -- Listening to the emissary in Middleton's No wit, no help like a woman's / Marianne Montgomery -- 'Backward and abysm of time' : negotiating with the dead in the tempest / Brinda Charry -- 'Thrown from the rock' : emissaries as midwives and impediments of a new world / Sheila T. Cavanagh. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-256) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008026848 |
| ISBN | 9780754662075 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0754662071 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR 421 .E6 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |