English Fiction & Prose Literature - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism, Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, Travel Writing - History & Criticism, Great Britain - Travel Essays & Descriptions, Writing - General & Miscellaneous, Literar
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Overview
Following the genre's development from classical times to the present, Travel Writing: The Self and the World shows how it has evolved and changed, yet is always centered on encounters between the self and the other and the mediation between the familiar and the foreign. Emphasis is placed on Anglo-American travel writing since the 18th century. Identifying significant theoretical and critical contributions to the field, Casey Blanton presents an engaging historical overview of travel writing and provides close readings of exemplary texts by six major figures: James Boswell, Mary Kingsley, Graham Greene, Peter Mathiessen, V.S. Naipaul, and Bruce Chatwin.Book Details
Published
November 14, 2002
Publisher
New York : Routledge, 2002.
Pages
176
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780415938938