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Travel writing : the self and the world

Blanton, Casey.
New York : Routledge, 2002.

In Travel Writing, Casey Blanton surveys the cosmopolitan genre's development from classical times to the present, with an emphasis on Anglo-American travel writing since the eighteenth century. Identifying significant theoretical and critical contributions to the field, Blanton presents an engaging historical overview of travel writing and provides close readings of crucial texts including Journeys without Maps, The Snow Leopard, and An Area of Darkness.

Bibliographic Information


Format: Book
Author: Blanton, Casey.
Subject: Travelers' writings, English
Travelers' writings, American
American prose literature
English prose literature
Authorship
Travel
Travel writing
Self in literature
Publication Year:2002
Language:English
Published:New York : Routledge, 2002.
ISBN:9780415938938
0415938937
0415938937 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780415938938 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-142) and index.
Preface -- Chronology -- Narrating self and other: a historical overview -- "Vain travelers": James Boswell and the grand tour -- Victorian women travelers: Mary Kingsley -- The modern psychological journey: Graham Greene -- Nature-travel writing: Peter Matthiessen -- "Splenetic travelers": V. S. Naipaul -- "Lying travelers": Bruce Chatwin -- Envoi: writings of place and the poetics of displacement in the works of Paul Theroux and Roland Barthes -- Notes and references -- Bibliographic essay -- Recommended titles -- Index
Course: GEB119

Availability at HKSYU Library


Location Call number Status
English Book (4/F) 820.9355 BLA 2002 Available