Travel writing has always been intimately linked with the
construction of American identity. Occupying the space between fact
and fiction, it exposes cultural fault lines and reveals the
changing desires and anxieties of both the traveller and the
reading public. These specially-commissioned essays trace the
journeys taken by writers from the pre-revolutionary period right
up to the present. They examine a wide range of responses to the
problems posed by landscapes found both at home and abroad, from
the Mississippi and the Southwest to Europe and the Holy Land.
Throughout, the contributors focus on the role played by travel
writing in the definition and formulation of national identity, and
consider the experiences of minority writers as well as canonical
authors. This Companion forms an invaluable guide for students
approaching this new, important and exciting subject for the first
time.
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