The Contemporary Anglophone Travel Novel examines the aesthetics of adventure travel since World War II by exploring the many referents travelers evoke as they imagine their escapes: the lingering memory of the war, the disintegration of empire, and the rapid growth of capitalism and commercial culture.
The Contemporary Anglophone Travel Novel examines the aesthetics of adventure travel since World War II by exploring the many referents travelers evoke as they imagine their escapes: the lingering memory of the war, the disintegration of empire, and the rapid growth of capitalism and commercial culture.
Preface: A Point of Entry Acknowledgments Chapter One: Introduction: Adventure Travel, Leisure Practice and Social Critique Chapter Two: The Contemporary Crusoe: Obsessionality and Adventure Travel Chapter Three: Postmodern Pilgrimages: Conversion and Cross-Cultural Encounter in the Hysterical Travel Narrative Chapter Four: The Self in Ruins: Mourning and Melancholia in Contemporary Travel Writing Chapter Five: Conclusion: Negation as a Lived Critique of Global Culture Notes Bibliography Index
Preface: A Point of Entry Acknowledgments Chapter One: Introduction: Adventure Travel, Leisure Practice and Social Critique Chapter Two: The Contemporary Crusoe: Obsessionality and Adventure Travel Chapter Three: Postmodern Pilgrimages: Conversion and Cross-Cultural Encounter in the Hysterical Travel Narrative Chapter Four: The Self in Ruins: Mourning and Melancholia in Contemporary Travel Writing Chapter Five: Conclusion: Negation as a Lived Critique of Global Culture Notes Bibliography Index
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