Ecstatic Transformation : On the Uses of Alterity in the Middle Ages /

This book studies the way in which medieval ways of knowing the Oriental 'other' were constructed around the idea of a utopic East as located in the legend and Letter of Prester John (c. 1160). The birth of utopic thinking, it argues, is tied to an understanding of alterity having as much...

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Main Author:	Uebel, Michael (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Series:	New Middle Ages.
Subjects:	Literature. Ancient History. Classical and Antique Literature. Cultural Theory. History of Medieval Europe. Literary Theory. Medieval Literature. Classical literature. Culture > Study and teaching. History, Ancient. Literature > Philosophy. Literature, Medieval. Europe > History-476-1492. Electronic books.
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