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Blanton follows the development of travel writing from classical times to the present, focusing in particular on Anglo-American travel writing since the eighteenth century. He identifies significant theoretical and critical contributions to the field, and also examines key texts by James Boswell, Ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blanton, Casey
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2002.
Edición:1st Routledge pbk. ed.
Colección:Genres in context.
Temas:
Travelers' writings, English > History and criticism.
Travelers' writings, American > History and criticism.
American prose literature > History and criticism.
English prose literature > History and criticism.
Authorship > Psychological aspects.
Travel > Psychological aspects.
Travel writing > History.
Self in literature.
Écrits de voyageurs anglais > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de voyageurs américains > Histoire et critique.
Prose américaine > Histoire et critique.
Prose anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Art d'écrire > Aspect psychologique.
Voyage > Aspect psychologique.
Voyage > Art d'écrire > Histoire.
Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
American prose literature.
English prose literature.
Travel writing.
Travelers' writings, American.
Travelers' writings, English.
Reiseliteratur
Reisverhalen.
Engels.
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • TRAVEL WRITTINGTHE SELF AND THE WORLD ; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chronology; Chapter 1Narrating Self and Other: A Historical Overview; Chapter 2"Vain Travelers": James Boswell and the Grand Tour; Chapter 3 Victorian Women Travelers: Mary Kingsley; Chapter 4The Modern Psychological Journey: Graham Greene; Chapter 5 Nature-Travel Writing: Peter Matthiessen; Chapter 6"Splenetic Travelers": V.S. Naipaul; Chapter 7"Lying Travelers": Bruce Chatwin; Chapter 8Envoi: Writings of Place and the Poetics of Displacement in the Works of Paul Theroux and Roland Barthes; Notes and References.
  • Bibliographic EssayRecommended Titles; Index.

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