Curiosity and the Aesthetics of Travel-Writing, 1770-1840 - 'From an Antique Land' (Hardcover, New)

The first book of its kind to study the Romantic obsession with the 'antique lands' of Ethiopia, Egypt, India, and Mexico, Curiosity and the Aesthetics of Travel Writing is an important contribution to the recent wave of interest in exotic travel writing. Drawing generously on both original texts and modern scholarship in literature, history, geography, and anthropology, it focuses on the unstable discourse of 'curiosity' to offer an important reformulation of the relations between literature, aesthetics, and colonialism in the period.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2002
First published:	March 2002
Authors:	Nigel Leask
Dimensions:	236 x 163 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	348
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-924700-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > Classic travel writing Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Travel > Travel writing > Classic travel writing
LSN:	0-19-924700-5
Barcode:	9780199247004

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