Travellers' Visions

Travellers' Visions
Author: Akane Kawakami
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780853238119

Travellers' Visions adds another perspective to ongoing debates over colonialism with an examination of the intercultural relations between France, a major colonial empire for nearly three centuries, and Japan, a country that has remained mostly autonomous throughout its existence. In this analytic history of French literary images of Japan, from soon after its reopening to the West to the present day, Kawakami examines the work of many of France's most revered authors including Marcel Proust, Paul Claudel, and Roland Barthes, along with other, lesser-known writers and artists, such as Loti and Farrère, as they embarked on journeys—literary and real—to this "exotic" land. Authors are discussed according to type— journalists, diplomats, or collectors, for example—and the close readings are accompanied by Gérard Macé's beautiful and rarely seen photographs. Travellers' Visions offers new clarity to current intellectual debates and will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of French literature and Asian history alike.

Voyages and Visions

Voyages and Visions
Author: Jaś Elsner
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 358
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781861890207

A much-needed contribution to the expanding interest in the history of travel and travel writing, Voyages and Visions is the first attempt to sketch a cultural history of travel from the sixteenth century to the present day. The essays address the theme of travel as a historical, literary and imaginative process, focusing on significant episodes and encounters in world history. The contributors to this collection include historians of art and of science, anthropologists, literary critics and mainstream cultural historians. Their essays encompass a challenging range of subjects, including the explorations of South America, India and Mexico; mountaineering in the Himalayas; space travel; science fiction; and American post-war travel fiction. Voyages and Visions is truly interdisciplinary, and essential reading for anyone interested in travel writing. With essays by Kasia Boddy, Michael Bravo, Peter Burke, Melissa Calaresu, Jesus Maria Carillo Castillo, Peter Hansen, Edward James, Nigel Leask, Joan-Pau Rubies and Wes Williams.

Visions of a Star Traveler

Visions of a Star Traveler
Author: J.M. Vessard
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 558
Release: 2020-11-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1645840832

The author shares a large variety of experiences that include experiences from this dimension and other dimensions. There are experiences from childhood, ancient times, experiences of healing, experiences with angels, saints, and archangels. There are experiences with other star systems, galaxies, and dimensions. There are many experiences of creativity on many dimensions. There are also experiences with the ancient light group and the mentor of that ancient light group. The experiences with tha

Eastern Voyages, Western Visions

Eastern Voyages, Western Visions
Author: Margaret Topping
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9783039101832

This collection of interdisciplinary essays explores the range of French and francophone encounters with the East from the medieval period to the present day. --book cover.

The holy Bible for travellers & pilgrims

The holy Bible for travellers & pilgrims
Author:
Publisher: YouGuide Ltd
Total Pages: 339
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 1837040001

The All Complete Guides™ team comprises a dedicated group of experts who specialize in creating comprehensive resources for travel, city exploration, and language learning. Our experts have journeyed to every corner of the globe, from the bustling streets of the world's most vibrant cities to the serene landscapes of hidden destinations. Their extensive travel experiences ensure that each guide is packed with practical tips, insider knowledge, and must-see attractions, making every trip an unforgettable experience.

The Fatal Gift of Beauty: The Italies of British Travellers

The Fatal Gift of Beauty: The Italies of British Travellers
Author: Manfred Pfister
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 570
Release: 2023-04-12
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9004650857

This is the first anthology of British travel writing on Italy which traces the development of the genre and the history of the British perception of Italy from the Renaissance to the present. As an anthologie raissonnée it presents the texts in thematic clusters and chronological order, providing commentary and annotations for each of them and their nearly hundred authors (some of them, like Smollett, Byron, Dickens or Huxley, well-known, others virtually unknown, amongst them many unduly neglected women writers). Further features are a substantial introduction to the travelogue and the writing of Italy, more than thirty illustrations visualizing the British experience of Italy, and an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources.

Star Wars Visions: Ronin

Star Wars Visions: Ronin
Author: Emma Mieko Candon
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2021-10-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1473591953

A mysterious former Sith wanders the galaxy in this stunning Star Wars tale. An original novel inspired by the world of The Duel from the Star Wars Visions animated anthology. The Jedi are the most loyal servants of the Empire. Two decades ago, Jedi clans clashed in service to feuding lords. Sickened by this endless cycle, a sect of Jedi rebelled, seeking to control their own destiny and claim power in service of no master. They called themselves Sith. The Sith rebellion failed, succumbing to infighting and betrayal, and the once rival lords unified to create an Empire . . . but even an Empire at peace is not free from violence. Far on the edge of the Outer Rim, one former Sith wanders, accompanied only by a faithful droid and the ghost of a less civilized age. He carries a lightsaber, but claims lineage to no Jedi clan, and pledges allegiance to no lord. Little is known about him, including his name, for he never speaks of his past, nor his regrets. His history is as guarded as the red blade of destruction he carries sheathed at his side. As the galaxy's perpetual cycle of violence continues to interrupt his self-imposed exile, and he is forced to duel an enigmatic bandit claiming the title of Sith, it becomes clear that no amount of wandering will ever let him outpace the specters of his former life.

The Time Traveler & The Laws of Oneness

The Time Traveler & The Laws of Oneness
Author: Charlie The Time Traveler
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2017-08-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1387158929

The Laws of Oneness THE LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE, LAW OF NATURE, & THE SPIRITUAL LAWS, WHAT ARE THEY & HOW DO THEY WORK IN OUR LIVES? What exactly are these Laws, where did they come from and why do they affect everyone walking on the Planet Earth. If they are so important why haven't I heard about them and how they affect me? This is research and a series of short stories about three Laws that affect our lives every day, and how they work, being revealed in real life stories, by The Time Traveler going back in Time & Space. The stories begin in 2017, in a little town in South Florida. The Time Traveler is 85 years old moving around on a little three wheel mobile scooter and he encounters a seriously ill man who is dying. As this person spoke to the Time Traveler, in a flash, the Brain/Mind of the Time Travel took him back in Time & Space to Chicago, Illinois in the year of 1959. The words spoken were ""My Energy has left me.""