• Travel literature: height (16th-18th)
○ Mentality: West to world domination
○ Mixture: interest ,entertainment and sceptical reserve
§ Facts & fantasy
• England: summit in 17th
○ Isolation & ventures overseas & history
○ English public: used to despise poetry and theatre
§ Then: true & fantasy
§ 18th: retaliation of proscribed fantasy
□ Borderline (poetry & knowledge ): blurred
17世纪,当英国从其他文明的中心脱颖而出,开启海外的商业和知名及社会和智慧历史传播时,旅行文学在英国达到了它的绝对巅峰。那些流连于旅行的真实和奇幻书籍的英国公众时受Puritanism 教育鄙视诗歌和戏剧为不道德的消遣amoral pastimes并且仅对推理,事实和真相感兴趣。18世纪早期时,诗歌和知识的界限模糊了。这被称为对被禁幻想的报复has been referred to as the retaliation of proscribed fantasy。(理解哪怕是诗歌也结合了事实客观;作为了旅行文学达到巅峰的原因解释)