UID:
almafu_9959695966202883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 343 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-48104-X
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1-107-48548-7
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0-511-99950-X
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to literature
Content:
The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing brings together specialists from anthropology, history, literary and cultural studies to offer a broad and vibrant introduction to travel writing in English between 1500 and the present. This comprehensive introduction to the subject features specially commissioned contributions, including six essays surveying the period's travel writing; a further six 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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
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Stirrings and searchings (1500-1720) /
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The grand tour and after (1660-1840) /
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Exploration and travel outside Europe (1720-1914) /
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Modernism and travel (1880-1940) /
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Traveling to write (1940-2000) /
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The Middle East, Arabia: 'the cradle of Islam' /
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South America, Amazonia: the forest of marvels /
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The Pacific, Tahiti: queen of the South Sea isles /
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Africa, The Congo: the politics of darkness /
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The isles, Ireland: the wilder shore /
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India, Calcutta: city of palaces and dreadful night /
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The west, California: site of the future /
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Travel writing and gender /
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Travel writing and ethnography /
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Travel writing and its theory /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-78652-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-78140-X
Language:
English
Subjects:
Geography
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English Studies
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