Writing journeys across cultural borders

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"This book identifies, through an interdisciplinary lens, literary works that treat the theme of the journey from multiple angles: religious, psychological, psychoanalytical, philosophical, educational, and historical"--

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Full title :Writing journeys across cultural borders / edited by Elena V. Shabliy and Kimarie Engerman.

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Publication Date:2021

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Lexington Books
Place of Publication:Lanham, Maryland
Language:eng
Publication Date:2021

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Description:1 online resource (vi, 249 pages) : : illustrations

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ISBN:9781666900354, 1666900354
oclc:on1263249203
LC Classification:PN56.T7
Dewey Decimal:809/.9332

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Introduction -- The Departure -- The Sacred Journey -- The (Unanticipated) Arrival -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Part I: Homo Religiosus and Homo Viator -- Chapter 1: Faith and the Fortunes of Travel in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds -- Some Accounts of Travel and Travelers from Ancient Civilizations -- Travel in Scripture -- A Medieval Jewish Poet on a Spiritual Quest: Judah Halevi -- A Medieval Muslim Teacher and Spiritual Traveler: Al Ghazali -- Other Modes of Medieval Christian Travelers

Medieval Christianity and the Journey of Homo Viator -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Pilgrimages of Croats by Sea to Loreto and Assisi in the Eighteenth Century: A Historiographic and Hermeneutical Analysis -- Homo Viator -- From Homo Symbolicus to Homo Religiosus -- Caves and the First Forms of Pilgrimages -- Monotheistic Religions and their Spread by Sea -- Croats and Pilgrimages -- Croatian Pilgrimages to Loreto and Assisi during the Eighteenth Century -- Perils at Sea: Pirates, Corsairs, the Plague -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography

Chapter 3: The Tossing and Turning o…

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Criticism, interpretation, etc Critiques littéraires Écrits de voyageurs -- Histoire et crit… Essais Essays literary criticism Pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature Travel in literature Travelers' writings Travelers' writings -- History and crit… Voyage dans la littérature