1. Introduction: East, West, And In-Between

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Introduction: East, West, And In-Between 3
5. Part One. Marco Polo And The Experience Of Wonder
6. 2. Text, Image, And Contradiction In The Devisement Dou Monde 23
7. 3. Marco Polo’S Le Devisement Dou Monde And The Tributary East 60
8. 4. Marco Polo’S Devisement Dou Monde As A Narcissistic Trauma 87
9. 5. Currents And Currency In Marco Polo’S Devisement Dou Monde And The Book Of John Mandeville 110
10. Part Two. The Reception Of Marco Polo: Medieval And Modern
11. 6. Plucking Hairs From The Great Cham’S Beard: Marco Polo, Jan De Langhe, And Sir John Mandeville 133
12. 7. The World Translated: Marco Polo’S Le Devisement Dou Monde, The Book Of Sir John Mandeville, And Their Medieval Audiences 156
13. 8. Calvino’S Rewriting Of Marco Polo: From The 1960 Screenplay To Invisible Cities 182
14. 9. From Alterity To Holism: Cinematic Depictions Of Marco Polo And His Travels 201
15. Part Three. Cross-Cultural Currents
16. 10. The Perils Of Dichotomous Thinking: A Case Of Ebb And Flow Rather Than East And West 247
17. 11. Marco Polo: Meditations On Intangible Economy And Vernacular Imagination 262
18. 12. Marco Polo, Chinese Cultural Identity, And An Alternative Model Of East-West Encounter 280
19. Bibliography 297
20. Contributors 325
21. Index 329