Travel writing : the self and the world / / asey Blanton
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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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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2002 |
| Edizione: | First Routledge pbk. edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (167 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 820.9/355 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-142) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Travel writing |
| ISBN: | 1-136-74564-5 |
| 1-138-17834-9 | |
| 0-203-81978-0 | |
| 1-136-74565-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452644003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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