Travel Writing - The New Critical Idiom

An increasingly popular genre - addressing issues of empire, colonialism, post-colonialism, globalization, gender and politics - travel writing offers the reader a movement between the familiar and the unknown.In this volume, Carl Thompson: introduces the genre, outlining competing definitions and key debates provides a broad historical survey from the medieval period to the present day explores the autobiographical dimensions of the form looks at both men and women's travel writing, surveying a range of canonical and more marginal works, drawn from both the colonial and postcolonial era utilises both British and American travelogues to consider the genre's role in shaping the history of both nations. Concise and practical, Travel Writing is the ideal introduction for those new to the subject, as well as a crucial overview of current debates in the field.

ISBN:	9780415444651
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Published date:	12 May 2011
DEWEY:	809.9332
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	160
Weight:	268g
Height:	132mm
Width:	195mm
Spine width:	13mm

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