Casey Blanton

Travel Writing

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Traces travel writing's evolution from classical times to the present, focusing on Anglo-American work since the eighteenth century. Examines texts by James Boswell, Mary Kingsley, Graham Greene, Peter Mathiessen, Naipaul and Chatwin.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Routledge Pbk edition
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 236g
• ISBN-13: 9780415938938
• ISBN-10: 0415938937
• Artikelnr.: 21835736

Autorenporträt

Casey Blanton teaches English and humanities at Daytona Beach Community College and is Co-editor of SouthernQuarterly's special issue on photography.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chronology Chapter One Narrating Self and Other: A Historical
Overview Chapter Two Vain Travelers: James Boswell and the Grand Tour
Chapter Three Victorian Women Travelers: Mary Kingsley Chapter Four The
Modern Pyschological Journey: Graham Greene Chapter Five Nature-Travel
Writing: Peter Matthiessen Chapter Six Splenetic Travelers: V.S. Naipul
Chapter Seven Lying Travelers: Bruce Chatwin