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Author | : Nandini Das |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019-01-24 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 110861681X |
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Bringing together original contributions from scholars across the world, this volume traces the history of travel writing from antiquity to the Internet age. It examines travel texts of several national or linguistic traditions, introducing readers to the global contexts of the genre. From wilderness to the urban, from Nigeria to the polar regions, from mountains to rivers and the desert, this book explores some of the key places and physical features represented in travel writing. Chapters also consider the employment in travel writing of the diary, the letter, visual images, maps and poetry, as well as the relationship of travel writing to fiction, science, translation and tourism. Gender-based and ecocritical approaches are among those surveyed. Together, the thirty-seven chapters here underline the richness and complexity of this genre.
Author | : Peter Hulme |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2002-11-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521786522 |
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Author | : Tim Youngs |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2013-05-27 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0521874475 |
Download The Cambridge Introduction to Travel Writing Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Surveying various works of travel literature, this text argues that travel writing redefines the myriad genres it often comprises.
Author | : Alfred Bendixen |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2009-01-29 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0521861098 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to American Travel Writing Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A stimulating overview of American journeys from the eighteenth century to the present.
Author | : Alfred Bendixen |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2009-01-29 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1139827847 |
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Travel writing has always been intimately linked with the construction of American identity. Occupying the space between fact and fiction, it exposes cultural fault lines and reveals the changing desires and anxieties of both the traveller and the reading public. These specially-commissioned essays trace the journeys taken by writers from the pre-revolutionary period right up to the present. They examine a wide range of responses to the problems posed by landscapes found both at home and abroad, from the Mississippi and the Southwest to Europe and the Holy Land. Throughout, the contributors focus on the role played by travel writing in the definition and formulation of national identity, and consider the experiences of minority writers as well as canonical authors. This Companion forms an invaluable guide for students approaching this new, important and exciting subject for the first time.
Author | : Debbie Lisle |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2006-11-02 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780521867801 |
Download The Global Politics of Contemporary Travel Writing Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book brings the 'serious' world of politics to the 'superficial' world of contemporary travel writing.
Author | : Marija Knežević |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2015-09-18 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 144388345X |
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This book revisits images of the Balkans in twentieth-century travel writing that vividly mirrors the turbulent changes that the region went through. As such, it provides a vital basis for research into the variety of possibilities, or obstacles, present on the region’s path to accession, when its unique heritage will have to be reconciled with a more European identity. This volume explores the work of well-known authors, such as Rebecca West, Paul Theroux, Robert D. Kaplan, and also contributes to travel writing theory by addressing less-known travellers who recorded their thoughts on the social dynamics of the region. The corpus offers divergent and often contradictory views, ranging from moral and political criticism to a delight in the rich heritage and the still “undiscovered” Balkan paths. More importantly, its generic potentials prove to overcome both the discourse of power and the discourse of apology. Its narrative style also comprises striking variations, from the objective and well-researched approaches to quick impressionist sketches. Being a multi-generic form, travel writing is observed from a multidisciplinary perspective, encompassing fields such as literature, linguistics, history, sociology, anthropology, ethnology, political sciences, and geography.
Author | : Jaś Elsner |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781861890207 |
Download Voyages and Visions Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Paul Fussell |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton |
Total Pages | : 832 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9780393024814 |
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Collects writings from world travelers--including Marco Polo, Darwin, Kerouac, Naipaul, and Theroux--that reflect the changes in attitude and feasibility that have shaped travelers aims and perceptions
Author | : Robert Clarke |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2018-01-11 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1107153395 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Travel Writing Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This Companion addresses an exciting emerging field of literary scholarship that charts the intersections of postcolonial studies and travel writing.