Mandeville's Travails: Merging Travel, Theory, and Commentary by Francis Tobienn

Description: Mandeville's Travails by Francis Tobienne Mandevilles Travails challenges the less than serious stereotyping of travel as both genre and theoretical framework. Instead, and by examining the position of travel, a deeper sense of the human species can be appreciated beyond the displaced borders of language, ritual, and culture. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book offers a critical methodology for analyzing travel literature. The subject of travel literature, as well as travel literatures, have not always been regarded with respect or given much critical attention. In order to amend this lack of positive reception, Francis Tobienne Jr. analyzes the late medieval text Mandevilles Travels, specifically the Cotton MS. This text, though not overly popular currently, was among the most popular pieces of literature for well beyond its fourteenth-century inception in some three hundred manuscripts divided into three groups as well as early printed editions; further, this text offers a way in which to approach other pieces of travel literature. To facilitate this critical process Tobienne proposes a seven-part method: 1. Identify and Define the Problem, 2. Make Observations, 3. Look for Regularities, 4. Wonder Why Regularities Exist, 5. Propose a Hypothesis, 6. Use an Experiment and 7. Have Reproducible Results. Of note, Mandevilles Travels is both the impetus behind this seven-part method, as well as the object of study. Thus, Tobienne showcases how each element of the seven-part method is at play in the text, even as he argues for the texts importance within medieval studies. Also included in this examination is the application of this seven-part method to medieval and post-period pieces of literature. The book culminates in an argument for the canonization and importance of Mandevilles Travels in and beyond medieval studies. Author Biography Francis Tobienne, Jr. (Ph.D., PURDUE) is professor of literature, writing, and humanities in the department of English at South University, Tampa and Senior Dalí Research Fellow at the Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Tobienne is the author of The Position of Magic in Selected Medieval Spanish Texts (2008), and the editor of Occultus: the Hidden and Macabre in Literature and Film (2016). Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionOneTravel as Ideological BeliefTwoProblems, Observations, and MemoryThreeRegularities and HypothesisFourRecorded Experiment and ReproducibilityFive(A) HeuristicBibliographyIndexAbout the Author Long Description This book offers a critical methodology for analyzing travel literature. The subject of travel literature, as well as travel literatures, have not always been regarded with respect or given much critical attention. In order to amend this lack of positive reception, Francis Tobienne Jr. analyzes the late medieval text Mandevilles Travels, specifically the Cotton MS. This text, though not overly popular currently, was among the most popular pieces of literature for well beyond its fourteenth-century inception in some three hundred manuscripts divided into three groups as well as early printed editions; further, this text offers a way in which to approach other pieces of travel literature. To facilitate this critical process Tobienne proposes a seven-part method: 1. Identify and Define the Problem, 2. Make Observations, 3. Look for Regularities, 4. Wonder Why Regularities Exist, 5. Propose a Hypothesis, 6. Use an Experiment and 7. Have Reproducible Results. Of note, Mandevilles Travels is both the impetus behind this seven-part method, as well as the object of study. Thus, Tobienne showcases how each element of the seven-part method is at play in the text, even as he argues for the texts importance within medieval studies. Also included in this examination is the application of this seven-part method to medieval and post-period pieces of literature. The book culminates in an argument for the canonization and importance of Mandevilles Travels in and beyond medieval studies. Details ISBN1611496039 Short Title MANDEVILLES TRAVAILS Language English ISBN-10 1611496039 ISBN-13 9781611496031 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2016 Imprint University of Delaware Press Subtitle Merging Travel, Theory, and Commentary Country of Publication United States DEWEY 809.02 Pages 184 Publication Date 2016-06-20 Place of Publication Delaware UK Release Date 2016-06-20 NZ Release Date 2016-06-20 US Release Date 2016-06-20 Author Francis Tobienne Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2016-06-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:98276130;

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