Travel writing in the nineteenth century : filling the blank spaces / edited by Tim Youngs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Youngs, Tim.

Series:

Anthem nineteenth century studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Travel writing--History--19th century.

Travel writing.

History.

Travelers' writings--History and criticism.

Travelers' writings.

Travel--19th century.

Travel.

Civilization, Modern--19th century.

Civilization, Modern.

Physical Description:

xi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2006.

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction

1 Introduction: Filling the Blank Spaces

Part 2 The Balkans, The Congo and the Middle East

2 The Balkans in the Nineteenth-Century British Travel Writing

3 Touring in Extremis: travel and Adventure in the Congo

4 Politics, Aesthetics and Quest in British Travel Writing on the Middle East

Part 3 India

5 Imperial Player: Richard Burton in Sindh

6 Early Indian Travel Guides to Britain

7 A Princess's Pilgrimage: Nawab Sikandar Begam's Account of Haij

Part 4 America: A Yankee in Yucatan: John Lloyd Stephens and the Lost Cities of America

9 George Lewis and the American Churches

10 Strategies of Travel: Charles Dickens and William Wells Brown

Part 5 Australasia

11 Missionary Positions: Romantic European Polynesias from Cook to Stevenson

12 Writing the Southern Cross: Religious Travel Writing in Nineteenth-Century Australasia

13 A Young Writer's Journey into the New Zealand Interior: Katherine Mansfield's.

Notes:

"Further reading": pages [237]-239.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1843312182

9781843312185

OCLC:

84017031