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Travel Writing (Paperback, New)
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Travel Writing (Paperback, New)
Series: The New Critical Idiom
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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.
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