Listening to early modern travel writing: sound, bodies and purchas his pilgrimes
Auteur :
Murphy, Emilie K. M.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009588737
Date de publication :
31 oct. 2026
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This Element demonstrates that the epistemic value of sound and listening (real and imagined) was central to early modern travel writing. It argues that traveller-writers and their editors, in this case Samuel Purchas, intentionally stimulated the ears and auditory imaginations of their listener-readers.