The Cambridge companion to travel writing / edited by Peter Hulme and Tim Youngs
The Cambridge companion to travel writing /
edited by Peter Hulme and Tim Youngs
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002
- X, 343 p. : il. ; 23 cm
- Cambridge companions to literature .
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The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing brings together specialists from Anthropology, History, Literary and Cultural Studies to offer a broad and vibrant introduction to travel writing in English between 1500 and the present. This comprehensive introduction to the subject features specially commissioned contributions, including six essays surveying the periods̕ travel writing; a further six focusing on geographical areas of particular interest - Arabia, the Amazon, Tahiti, Ireland, Calcutta, the Congo and California; and three final chapters analysing some of the theoretical and cultural dimensions to this enigmatic and influential genre of writing. Several invaluable tools are also provided, including an extensive list of further reading, and a detailed five-hundred year chronology listing important events and publications. This volume will be of interest to teachers and students alike. INDICE: Introduction Peter Hulme and Tim Youngs; 1. Stirrings and searchings (15001720) William H. Sherman; 2. The Grand Tour and after James Buzard; 3. Exploration and travel outside Europe (17201914) Roy Bridges; 4. Modernism and travel (18801940) Helen Carr; 5. Travelling to write (19402000) Peter Hulme; 6. The Middle East/Arabia: the cradle of Islam ̕Billie Melman; 7. South America/Amazonia: the forest of marvels Neil L. Whitehead; 8. The Pacific/Tahiti: Queen of the south sea isles Rod Edmond; 9. Africa/the Congo: the politics of darkness Tim Youngs; 10. The Isles/Ireland: the wilder shore Glenn Hooper;... Etc.
0-521-78652-5
Viaje en la literatura inglesa--14..-20..
Travel in literature
Indice
Bibliografía
The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing brings together specialists from Anthropology, History, Literary and Cultural Studies to offer a broad and vibrant introduction to travel writing in English between 1500 and the present. This comprehensive introduction to the subject features specially commissioned contributions, including six essays surveying the periods̕ travel writing; a further six focusing on geographical areas of particular interest - Arabia, the Amazon, Tahiti, Ireland, Calcutta, the Congo and California; and three final chapters analysing some of the theoretical and cultural dimensions to this enigmatic and influential genre of writing. Several invaluable tools are also provided, including an extensive list of further reading, and a detailed five-hundred year chronology listing important events and publications. This volume will be of interest to teachers and students alike. INDICE: Introduction Peter Hulme and Tim Youngs; 1. Stirrings and searchings (15001720) William H. Sherman; 2. The Grand Tour and after James Buzard; 3. Exploration and travel outside Europe (17201914) Roy Bridges; 4. Modernism and travel (18801940) Helen Carr; 5. Travelling to write (19402000) Peter Hulme; 6. The Middle East/Arabia: the cradle of Islam ̕Billie Melman; 7. South America/Amazonia: the forest of marvels Neil L. Whitehead; 8. The Pacific/Tahiti: Queen of the south sea isles Rod Edmond; 9. Africa/the Congo: the politics of darkness Tim Youngs; 10. The Isles/Ireland: the wilder shore Glenn Hooper;... Etc.
0-521-78652-5
Viaje en la literatura inglesa--14..-20..
Travel in literature