Looking in detail at several of the best-documented exploits, Parr situates them in the ferment of such ventures during the period in question but also reaches back to explore their classical and mediaeval antecedents, and considers their role in creating a template for eccentric English adventure in later centuries. Anthony Parr shows that the mad voyage (as Rowley and others conceived it) had surprisingly deep and diverse roots in traditional travel practices, in courtly play and mercantile custom, and in literary culture. This study is the first full length scholarly work to focus on the curious phenomenon of 'madde voiages', as the writer William Rowley called them. Book excerpt: A vogue for travel 'stunts' flourished in England between 1590 and the 1620s: playful imitations or burlesques of maritime enterprise and overland travel that collectively appear to be a response to particular innovations and developments in English culture. This book was released on with total page 256 pages. Book Synopsis Renaissance Mad Voyages by : Anthony ParrÄownload or read book Renaissance Mad Voyages written by Anthony Parr and published by Routledge.
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