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The Cambridge companion to travel writing / edited by Peter Hulme and Tim Youngs.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cambridge companions to literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Travelers' writings, English--History and criticism.
- Travelers' writings, English.
- Travelers' writings, American--History and criticism.
- Travelers' writings, American.
- English prose literature--History and criticism.
- English prose literature.
- Travelers.
- History.
- Voyages and travels--Historiography.
- Voyages and travels.
- British--Foreign countries.
- Historiography.
- English-speaking countries--Intellectual life.
- English-speaking countries.
- Intellectual life.
- British--Foreign countries--Historiography.
- British.
- Travel writing--History.
- Travel writing.
- Travel in literature.
- Travelers--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 343 pages) : illustrations, map.
- Other Title:
- Companion to travel writing
- Travel writing
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing brings together specialists from anthropology, history, literature and cultural studies to offer a broad and vibrant introduction to travel writing in English between 1500 and the present. This first comprehensive introduction to the subject features specially commissioned contributions, including five essays surveying the period's travel writing, a further seven focusing on geographical areas of particular interest (Arabia, the Amazon, Tahiti, Ireland, Calcutta, the Congo and California), and three final chapters analysing some of the theoretical and cultural dimensions to this enigmatic and influential genre of writing. Several invaluable tools are also provided, including an extensive list of further reading, and a detailed five-hundred-year chronology listing important events and publications. This volume will be of interest to teachers and students alike.
- Contents:
- Part I Surveys
- 1 Stirrings and searchings (1500-1720) / William H. Sherman 17
- 2 The Grand Tour and after (1660-1840) / James Buzard 37
- 3 Exploration and travel outside Europe (1720-1914) / Roy Bridges 53
- 4 Modernism and travel (1880-1940) / Helen Carr 70
- 5 Travelling to write (1940-2000) / Peter Hulme 87
- Part II Sites
- 6 The Middle East / Arabia: 'The cradle of Islam' / Billie Melman 105
- 7 South America / Amazonia: the forest of marvels / Neil L. Whitehead 122
- 8 The Pacific / Tahiti: queen of the South Sea isles / Rod Edmond 139
- 9 Africa / The Congo: the politics of darkness / Tim Youngs 156
- 10 The Isles / Ireland: the wilder shore / Glenn Hooper 174
- 11 India / Calcutta: city of palaces and dreadful night / Kate Teltscher 191
- 12 The West / California: site of the future / Bruce Greenfield 207
- Part III Topics
- 13 Travel writing and gender / Susan Bassnett 225
- 14 Travel writing and ethnography / Joan Pau Rubies 242
- 15 Travel writing and its theory / Mary Baine Campbell 261.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-318) and index.
- ISBN:
- 052178140X
- 0521786525
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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