Writes of Passage

2002-01-31 Science

Author : James Duncan
Release : 2002-01-31
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis Writes of Passage by : James Duncan

Download or read book Writes of Passage written by James Duncan. This book was released on 2002-01-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writes of Passage explores the interplay between a system of "othering" which travelers bring to a place, and the "real" geographical difference they discover upon arrival. Exposing the tensions between the imaginary and real, Duncan and Gregory and a team of leading internationa contributors focus primarily upon travelers from the 18th and 19th Centuries to pin down the imaginary within the context of imperial power. The contributors focus on travel to three main regions: Africa, South Asia, and Europe - wit the European examples being drawn from Britain, France and Greece.

Metamorphoses of Travel Writing

2010-02-19 Literary Criticism

Author : Grzegorz Moroz
Release : 2010-02-19
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Download or read book Metamorphoses of Travel Writing written by Grzegorz Moroz. This book was released on 2010-02-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reflects, comments on and adds to a fast growing field of travel writing studies. The twenty-five papers in this volume rely on a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches and explore a diverse body of travel writing texts created over the last three hundred years in English, Polish, Hungarian and French. The book is divided into three parts. The first one includes papers which apply the findings of post-structuralism, generic and cultural criticism as well as narratology to explore theories, canons and genres in travel writing drawing material not only from non-fictional and fictional prose narratives but also from poetry and tragedy. The second and third parts contain papers on a wide selection of travel writing texts, both fictional and non-fictional, written in Anglophone, as well as other literary traditions. They are arranged chronologically: the second part is devoted to texts written in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, while the third part focuses on those written in the twentieth and twenty first centuries.

Travel Writing

2013-08-21 Literary Criticism

Author : Casey Blanton
Release : 2013-08-21
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 645/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Travel Writing by : Casey Blanton

Download or read book Travel Writing written by Casey Blanton. This book was released on 2013-08-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Travel Writing

2011-05-16 Literary Criticism

Author : Carl Thompson
Release : 2011-05-16
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 790/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Travel Writing by : Carl Thompson

Download or read book Travel Writing written by Carl Thompson. This book was released on 2011-05-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An increasingly popular genre – addressing issues of empire, colonialism, post-colonialism, globalization, gender and politics – travel writing offers the reader a movement between the familiar and the unknown. In this volume, Carl Thompson: introduces the genre, outlining competing definitions and key debates provides a broad historical survey from the medieval period to the present day explores the autobiographical dimensions of the form looks at both men and women’s travel writing, surveying a range of canonical and more marginal works, drawn from both the colonial and postcolonial era utilises both British and American travelogues to consider the genre's role in shaping the history of both nations. Concise and practical, Travel Writing is the ideal introduction for those new to the subject, as well as a crucial overview of current debates in the field.

The Way of Wanderlust

2015 Travel

Author : Don George
Release : 2015
Genre : Travel
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Download or read book The Way of Wanderlust written by Don George. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a professional travel writer and editor for the past 40 years, Don George has been paid to explore the world. Through the decades, his articles have been published in magazines, newspapers, and websites around the globe and have won more awards than almost any other travel writer alive, yet his pieces have never been collected into one volume.The Way of Wanderlust: The Best Travel Writing of Don George fills this void with a moving and inspiring collection of tales and reflections from one of America's most acclaimed and beloved travel writers. From his high-spirited account of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro on a whim when he was 22 years old to his heart-plucking description of a home-stay in a muddy compound in Cambodia as a 61-year-old, this collection ranges widely. As renowned for his insightful observations as for his poetic prose, George always absorbs the essence of the places he's visiting. Other stories here include a moving encounter with Australia's sacred red rock monolith, Uluru; an immersion in country kindness on the Japanese island of Shikoku; the trials and triumphs of ascending Yosemite's Half Dome with his wife and children; and a magical morning at Machu Picchu.

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