The Cambridge companion to travel writing

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Title:

The Cambridge companion to travel writing

Author:

Hulme, Peter.

Publication Information:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2002]

Physical Description:

x, 343 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature

Cambridge companions to literature.

Language:

English

Contents:

Stirrings and searchings (1500-1700) / William H. Sherman -- The grand tour and after (1660-1840) / James Buzard -- Exploration and travel outside Europe (1720-1914) / Roy Bridges -- Modernism and travel (1880-1940) / Helen Carr -- Traveling to write (1940-2000) / Peter Hulme -- The Middle East. Arabia: 'the cradle of Islam' / Billie Melman -- South America. Amazonia: the forest of marvels / Neil L. Whitehead -- The Pacific. Tahiti: queen of the South Sea isles / Rod Edmond -- Africa. The Congo: the politics of darkness / Tim Youngs -- The isles. Ireland: the wilder shore / Glenn Hooper -- India. Calcutta: city of palaces and dreadful night / Kate Teltscher -- The west. California: site of the future / Bruce Greenfield -- Travel writing and gender / Susan Bassnett -- Travel writing and ethnography / Joan Pau Rubiés -- Travel writing and its theory / Mary Baine Campbell.

Subject Term:

Travelers' writings, English -- History and criticism.

Travelers' writings, American -- History and criticism.

English prose literature -- History and criticism.

British -- Foreign countries -- Historiography.

Voyages and travels -- Historiography.

Travel writing -- History.

Travel in literature.

Travelers -- History.

Added Author:

Hulme, Peter.

Youngs, Tim.