Zone of the Marvellous : In Search of the Antipodes.
Title:
Zone of the Marvellous : In Search of the Antipodes.
Author:
Edmond, Martin.
ISBN:
9781775586982
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (265 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Ancient Voices -- II. Mount Purgatory -- III. Jewelled Sands -- IV. Utopian Projections -- V. Isles of Disappointment -- VI. Lost Tribes -- VII. Ulimaroa, Yonaguni & Other Enigmas -- VIII. After Erewhon -- Notes on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Imaginative and cerebral, this volume recounts the fantastic history of the antipodesnamely Australia and New Zealandfrom the Western perspective over the course of the past five millennia. Tracing the fiction underlying the fact in the tales of, among others, Marco Polo, John Mandeville, and Thomas More, this remarkable compilation explores the imagination of travelers, writers, map-makers, charlatans, and rogues who dreamed of other worlds. Delving into the Australian character and the New Zealand psyche, this account also conveys an insightful glimpse into Western history.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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