Pleasurable Instruction : Form and Convention in Eighteenth-Century Travel Literature / Charles L. Jr Batten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Batten, Charles L., Jr., 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English prose literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English prose literature.

British--Foreign countries--History--18th century.

British.

Travelers' writings, English--History and criticism.

Travelers' writings, English.

Voyages and travels--History--18th century.

Voyages and travels.

Travel writing--History--18th century.

Travel writing.

Literary form--History--18th century.

Literary form.

Travel in literature.

Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.) : 1 frontisp.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1978]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1978.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

I. TOWARD A DEFINITION OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NONFICTION TRAVEL LITERATURE

II. NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NONFICTION TRAVEL LITERATURE

III. DESCRIPTIVE CONVENTIONS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NONFICTION TRAVEL LITERATURE

CONCLUSION

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520338357

0520338359

OCLC:

1153493831