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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971782803321

Autore

Viviès Jean

Titolo

English travel narratives in the eighteenth century : exploring genres / / Jean Vivies ; translated by Claire Davison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-138-25644-7

1-315-25642-8

1-351-94000-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (141 pages)

Collana

Studies in Early Modern English Literature

Disciplina

828/.50809355

Soggetti

Travelers' writings, English - History and criticism

English prose literature - 18th century - History and criticism

British - Foreign countries - History - 18th century

Travel writing - History - 18th century

Literary form - History - 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2002 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Prefatory essay -- pt. II. Introduction.

Sommario/riassunto

The eighteenth century, commonly described as the age of the novel, is also the golden age of travel narratives. In this English edition of Le Recit de voyage en Angleterre au XVIIIe siecle, the genre of the travel narrative receives a treatment based on its development in close relationship with fiction. The book provides a survey of famous travel narratives: James Boswell's journal of a tour to Corsica and account of his trip to Scotland with Samuel Johnson, Laurence Sterne's enigmatic Sentimental Journey, Tobias Smollett's Travels through France and Italy. Negotiating between inventory and invention, these texts invite a reconsideration of conventional generic distinctions. They open up a literary space in which the full significance of the real and fictional journey motif can be explored."