03590oam 2200805I 450 991079056260332120230607225306.01-136-74564-51-138-17834-90-203-81978-01-136-74565-310.4324/9780203819784 (CKB)2550000001112339(EBL)672552(OCoLC)856929551(SSID)ssj0000910006(PQKBManifestationID)11545731(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000910006(PQKBWorkID)10941667(PQKB)11034907(MiAaPQ)EBC672552(Au-PeEL)EBL672552(CaPaEBR)ebr10752019(CaONFJC)MIL512219(EXLCZ)99255000000111233920180331d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTravel writing the self and the world /asey BlantonFirst Routledge pbk. edition.New York :Routledge,2002.1 online resource (167 p.)Genres in contextDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-93893-7 1-299-80968-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-142) and index.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 BarthesNotes and ReferencesBibliographic Essay; Recommended Titles; IndexBlanton 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, Mary Kingsley, Graham Greene, Peter Mathiessen, V.S. Naipaul, and Bruce Chatwin.Genres in ContextAmerican prose literatureHistory and criticismAuthorshipPsychological aspectsEnglish prose literatureHistory and criticismSelf in literatureTravel writingHistoryTravelPsychological aspectsTravelers' writings, AmericanHistory and criticismTravelers' writings, EnglishHistory and criticismAmerican prose literatureHistory and criticism.AuthorshipPsychological aspects.English prose literatureHistory and criticism.Self in literature.Travel writingHistory.TravelPsychological aspects.Travelers' writings, AmericanHistory and criticism.Travelers' writings, EnglishHistory and criticism.820.9/35518.05bclBlanton Casey.596112MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790562603321Travel writing990223UNINA