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UNINA9910809421403321 |
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Autore |
Blanton Casey |
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Titolo |
Travel writing : the self and the world / / asey Blanton |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-74564-5 |
1-138-17834-9 |
0-203-81978-0 |
1-136-74565-3 |
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Edizione |
[First Routledge pbk. edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (167 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American prose literature - History and criticism |
Authorship - Psychological aspects |
English prose literature - History and criticism |
Self in literature |
Travel writing - History |
Travel - Psychological aspects |
Travelers' writings, American - History and criticism |
Travelers' writings, English - History and criticism |
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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 (p. 132-142) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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TRAVEL WRITTING THE SELF AND THE WORLD ; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chronology; Chapter 1 Narrating Self and Other: A Historical Overview; Chapter 2 ""Vain Travelers"": James Boswell and the Grand Tour; Chapter 3 Victorian Women Travelers: Mary Kingsley; Chapter 4 The 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 8 Envoi: Writings of Place and the Poetics of Displacement in the Works of Paul Theroux and Roland Barthes |
Notes and ReferencesBibliographic Essay; Recommended Titles; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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