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UNINA9910461626703321 |
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Autore |
Edwards Justin D |
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Titolo |
Mobility at large [[electronic resource] ] : globalization, textuality and innovative travel writing / / Justin D. Edwards & Rune Graulund |
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Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-78138-770-2 |
1-78138-900-4 |
1-84631-773-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (375 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Travel writing - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Travel Revisited; 1 Travelling with the Ondaatje Bros; 2 Amitav Ghosh and Caryl Phillips: Global Travel, Then and Now; 3 Unhomely Travels; or, the Haunts of Daphne Marlatt and W. G. Sebald; 4 The World, My City: Home Grounds and Global Cities; 5 Travel Histories - From Kuala Lumpur to Istanbul and Beyond; Postscript: Still Mobile; Bibliography; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Mobility at Large explores a unique trajectory of travel writing. Instead of focussing on best-selling travel texts by Paul Theroux, Bill Bryson, Michael Palin, Alain de Botton and others, this book examines a strand of innovative contemporary travel writing wherein the authors experiment with form, content and the politics of representation. In this, innovative travel texts by a range of writers - from Michael Ondaatje and Caryl Phillips to Daphne Marlatt and Sam Miller - transform the genre by inscribing travel, migration, mobility and displacement within a variety of experimental textual st |
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