Exoticism in literature
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Exotic Nations: Literature and Cultural Identity in the United States and Brazil, 1830-1930 (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c1994), by Renata R. Mautner Wasserman (PDF and EPub with commentary at Cornell Open)- Critical Terrains: French and British Orientalisms (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c1991), by Lisa Lowe (PDF and EPub with commentary at Cornell Open)
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Filed under: Voyages, Imaginary- The Imaginary Voyages: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym; The Unparalleled Adventures of one Hans Pfaall; The Journal of Julius Rodman (Collected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe v1, reissued with minor revisions and corrections; New York: Gordian Press, 1994), by Edgar Allan Poe, ed. by Burton R. Pollin (HTML with commentary at eapoe.org)
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: A New and Revised Edition (third edition; London et al.: Cassell, Petter and Galpin, ca. 1867), contrib. by T. Teignmouth Shore, illust. by Gustave Doré (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Adventures of Sig. Gaudentio di Lucca: Being the Substance of His Examination Before the Fathers of the Inquisition at Bologna, in Italy, Giving an Account of an Unknown Country, in the Midst of the Deserts of Africa, the Origin and Antiquity of the People, Their Religion, Customs, and Laws (Philadelphia: W. Conover,, 1799), by Simon Berington
- The Adventures of Signor Gaudentio di Lucca: Being the Substance of His Examination Before the Fathers of the Inquisition at Bologna, in Italy, Giving an Account of an Unknown Country in the Midst of the Deserts of Africa (London: Printed for Harrison and Co., 1786), by Simon Berington
- The Critick, by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, trans. by Paul Rycaut (HTML with commentary at erbzine.com)
- De Hollandsche Robinson Crusoë: Een Leerzaam en Prettig Verhaal Voor de Nederlandsche Jeugd (in Dutch; Zwolle: W.E.J. Tjeenk Willink, ca. 1876), by P. J. Andriessen
- The Dog Crusoe and His Master: A Story of Adventure in the Western Prairies (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1869), by R. M. Ballantyne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Falsivir's Travels: The Remarkable Adventures of John Falsivir, Seaman, at the North Pole and in the Interior of the Earth, With a Description of the Wonderful People and the Things He Discovered There (London: Pub. for the proprietor, 1886), by Thomas Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
- The History of Autonous (1736) (HTML with commentary at erbzine.com)
- Il Viaggio Nella Luna sul Carro Volante (in Italian; 1785) (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Last American: A Fragment From the Journal of Khan-Li, Prince of Dimph-Yoo-Chur and Admiral in the Persian Navy (text of an 1889 edition), by John Ames Mitchell (Gutenberg text)
- The Last American: A Fragment From the Journal of Khan-Li, Prince of Dimph-Yoo-Chur and Admiral in the Persian Navy (12th edition; New York: F. A. Stokes Co., 1893), by John Ames Mitchell (page images at childrensbooksonline.org)
- The Last Tenet Imposed Upon The Khan of Tomathoz (Chicago: C. H. Kerr and Co., 1892), by Hudor Genone, illust. by L. M. Glackens (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Life and Adventures of Sig. Gaudentio di Lucca, Written by Himself: Giving an Account of a Country in the Midst of the Vast Desarts of Africa, Being Unknown to Any Person Except Sig. Gaudentio, and Its Inhabitants, Altho' as Ancient, Populous, and Civilized, as the Chinese (Norwich, CT: J. Trumbull, 1796), by Simon Berington (page images at HathiTrust)
- Marooned in the Forest: The Story of a Primitive Fight for Life (New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1916), by A. Hyatt Verrill (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Memoirs of Sigr. Gaudentio di Lucca: Taken from his Confession and Examination Before the Fathers of the Inquisition at Bologna in Italy, Making a Discovery of an Unknown Country in the Midst of the Vast Deserts of Africa, As Ancient, Populous, and Civilized, as the Chinese (London: Printed for T. Cooper, 1737), by Simon Berington
- The Noble Slaves: or, The Lives and Adventures of Two Lords and Two Ladies, Who Were Shipwrecked and Cast Upon a Desolate Island, Near the East Indies, in the Year 1710 (Dublin: W. Jones, n.d.), by Penelope Aubin (multiple formats at Google)
- Popular Romances: Consisting of Imaginary Voyages and Travels (Edinburgh: J. Ballantyne et al., 1812), ed. by Henry Weber, contrib. by Jonathan Swift, Ludvig Holberg, Robert Paltock, Daniel Defoe, and Edward Gibbon (page images at HathiTrust)
- Revi-Lona: A Romance of Love in a Marvelous Land (Greensburg, PA: Tribune Press, n.d.), by Frank Cowan (page images at HathiTrust)
- Satiric Tales: Consisting of A Voyage to the Moon; All the Tailors, or, The Old Cloak; and The Fat Witch of London (London: G. Hughes, and H.D. Symonds, 1808), by Nicholas Lunatic (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Smoky God: or, A Voyage to the Inner World (Chicago: Forbes and Co., 1908), by Willis George Emerson, illust. by John A. Williams
- The Smoky God: or, A Voyage to the Inner World, by Willis George Emerson (Gutenberg text)
- The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1895 edition), contrib. by Rudolf Erich Raspe (Gutenberg text)
- Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery (attribution to Symmes not certain; New-York: J. Seymour, 1820), by John Cleves Symmes (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, illust. by George Cruikshank (illustrated HTML at Forgotten Futures)
- Viage de un Filósofo á Selenópolis, Corte Desconocida de los Habitantes de la Tierra (in French; Madrid : Gomez Fuentenebro y Cía., 1804), by D. A. M. y E.
- A Voyage in the Motive Ship Pelican to the North Pole (Stockton, CA: Record Pub. Co., printers, c1908), by E. D. Eldridge (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Adventures of Philip Quarll, the English Hermit, Who Was Discovered by Mr. Dorrington on an Uninhabited Island, Where He Lived for Fifty Years (London: Hodgson and Co., ca. 1823), by Peter Longueville (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Flight to the Moon: or, The Vision of Randalthus (Baltimore: A. Miltenberger, 1813), by George Fowler (page images at Google)
- Geyserland: Empiricisms In Social Reform (Washington: Printed for R. Hatfield, 1908), by Richard Hatfield
- The Hermit, by Peter Longueville (illustrated HTML with commentary at erbzine.com)
- Le Monde tel qu'il Sera (in French; Paris: W. Coquebert, 1846), by Émile Souvestre, illust. by Prosper Saint-Germain, O. Penguilly L'Haridon, and Bertall
- The Life and Astonishing Adventures of John Daniel, a Smith at Royston in Hertfordshire, for a Course of Seventy Years (second edition; London: Printed for T. Parker, 1770), by Ralph Morris (page images at HathiTrust)
- Robinson Crusoe's Return: Funny Adventures and Mishaps of the Immortal Old Historical Character Who Sails Away From His Desert Island on a Raft and Encounters the Strange Men, Women and Manners of Modern London Life (London: Hodder and Stoughton, ca. 1906), by Barry Pain (page images at HathiTrust)
- La Tunisie en l'An 2000: Lettres d'un Touriste (in French; Paris and Brusssels: G. Van Oest, 1922), by Louis Benjamin Charles Carton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Life in a Thousand Worlds (Harrisburg: The Minter Co., c1905), by W. S. Harris
- Beyond the Verge: Home of Ten Lost Tribes of Israel (Boston: J. H. Earle, 1896), by De Witt C. Chipman (page images at HathiTrust)
- Imaginary Voyages Published in English in the Seventeenth Century, Including Those Translated From Other Languages (1955), by Renwick R. Garypie (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Imaginary Voyage in Prose Fiction: A History of its Criticism and a Guide for its Study, With an Annotated Check List of 215 Imaginary Voyages From 1700 to 1800 (New York: Columbia University Press, 1941), by Philip Babcock Gove (page images at HathiTrust)
- Geschiedenis van een Neger, Zyn Reize met de Heer N.... van Surinamen naar Holland: Haare Aanland'ng, (Door Oorzaak van een Zware Storm) aan een Onbekend Eiland, Beschryving van de Gouvernour an het Zelve, de heer Le Sage (In Dutch; Utrecht: S. de Waal, ca. 1770)
- A Journey to the World Under-Ground (London: T. Astley, 1742), by Ludvig Holberg
- Onderaardsche reis van Claas Klim: Behelzende Eene Nieuwe Beschryving van den Aardkloot met de Historie der Vyfde tot nog toe Onbekende Monarchie (in Dutch; 's Gravenhage: I. vander Kloot, 1741), by Ludvig Holberg (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Onderaardsche reis van Claas Klim: Behelzende Eene Nieuwe Beschryving van den Aardkloot met de Historie der Vyfde tot nog toe Onbekende Monarchie (second edition, in Dutch; 's Gravenhage: P. van Thol, 1761), by Ludvig Holberg (page images at HathiTrust)
- Selenarkia, or, The Government of the World in the Moon: A Comical History (London: Printed by J. Cottrel, 1659), by Cyrano de Bergerac, trans. by Thomas St. Serfe
- The Travels and Adventures of James Massey (London: Printed for J. Watts, 1733), by Simon Tyssot de Patot
- A Trip To The Moon, by Mr. Murtagh McDermot: Containing Some Observations and Reflections Made By Him During His Stay in that Planet, Upon The Manners of The Inhabitants (Dublin and London: J. Roberts, 1728), by Murtagh McDermot (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Trip to the Moon: Containing an Account of the Island of Noibla, Its Inhabitants, Religious and Political Customs, &c. (2 volumes; London: Printed for S. Crowder, et al.,, 1765), by Francis Gentleman (page images at HathiTrust)
- Voyage Merveilleux du Prince Fan-Férédin dans la Romancie (in French; Paris: P. G. Le Mercier, 1735), by G.-H. Bougeant
- L'Isle Inconnue: ou, Mémoires du Chevalier des Gastines (6 volumes in French; Paris: Moutard, 1784-1787), by M. Grivel
- Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, by Lemuel Gulliver (London: C. Cooke, 1797), by Jonathan Swift
- A Voyage to Cacklogallinia: With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country (London: Printed by J. Watson, 1727), by Samuel Brunt
- Niels Klim's Journey Under the Ground: Being a Narrative of His Wonderful Descent to the Subterranean Lands, Together With an Account of the Sensible Animals and Trees Inhabiting the Planet Nazar and the Firmament (Boston: Saxton, Pierce and Co.; New York: Saxton and Miles, 1845), by Ludvig Holberg, trans. by John Gierlow (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Lucian of Samosata: From The Greek, With the Comments and Illustrations of Wieland (includes the True History; 2 volumes; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820), by Lucian of Samosata, ed. by William Tooke, contrib. by Christoph Martin Wieland
- The Man in the Moone, or, A Discourse of a Voyage Thither, by Francis Godwin (HTML at archive.org)
- Trips to the Moon, by Lucian of Samosata, ed. by Henry Morley, trans. by Thomas Francklin (Gutenberg text)
- The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World (London: Printed by A. Maxwell, 1668), by Margaret Cavendish Newcastle (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
- A Voyage to Cacklogallinia: With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country (reprinted from the (pseudonymous) 1727 edition, with a new introduction; New York: Columbia University Press, 1940), by Samuel Brunt, contrib. by Marjorie Hope Nicolson
- Gullivers Resor i Obekanta Länder (in Swedish, illustrated; Stockholm: F. C. Askerberg, ca. 1882), by Jonathan Swift (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg text)
- Gulliver's Travels: I. A voyage to Lilliput. II. A voyage to Brobdingnag; Edited for Schools, With Notes and a Sketch of the Author's Life (Boston: Ginn and Co., 1902), by Jonathan Swift (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of The World (New York and London: Harper and Brothers, c1913), by Jonathan Swift, contrib. by William Dean Howells, illust. by Louis Rhead (page images at childrensbooksonline.org)
- Lucian's True History (London: Privately printed, 1894), by Lucian of Samosata, trans. by Francis Hickes, contrib. by Charles Whibley, illust. by William Strang, Joseph Benwell Clark, and Aubrey Beardsley (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Lucian's Wonderland: Being a Translation of the "Vera Historia" (Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood and Sons, 1899), by Lucian of Samosata, trans. by St. John Basil Wynne Willson, illust. by A. Payne Garnett
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