Travel Writing: Genres in Context
Autor Casey Blantonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 oct 2002
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780415938938
ISBN-10: 0415938937
Pagini: 166
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:Routledge Pbk
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Genres in Context
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0415938937
Pagini: 166
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:Routledge Pbk
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Genres in Context
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Casey Blanton teaches English and humanities at Daytona Beach Community College and is Co-editor of Southern Quarterly's special issue on photography.
Cuprins
Preface Chronology Chapter One Narrating Self and Other: A Historical Overview Chapter Two Vain Travelers: James Boswell and the Grand Tour Chapter Three Victorian Women Travelers: Mary Kingsley Chapter Four The Modern Pyschological Journey: Graham Greene Chapter Five Nature-Travel Writing: Peter Matthiessen Chapter Six Splenetic Travelers: V.S. Naipul Chapter Seven Lying Travelers: Bruce Chatwin
Descriere
Traces travel writing's evolution from classical times to the present, focusing on Anglo-American work since the eighteenth century. Examines texts by James Boswell, Mary Kingsley, Graham Greene, Peter Mathiessen, Naipaul and Chatwin.