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The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing

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The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing is a broad, specially commissioned introduction to travel writing in English between 1500 and the present. Five essays survey the period's travel writing; six more focus on areas of particular interest--Arabia, the Amazon, Ireland, Calcutta, the Congo and California, while the final three analyze some of the theoretical and cultural dimensions of this enigmatic, influential genre of writing. An extensive further reading list plus a detailed chronology are included.

Language: English

Pages: 358

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: December 16, 2002

ISBN: 0521786525

ISBN 13: 9780521786522

The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing is a broad, specially commissioned introduction to travel writing in English between 1500 and the present. Five essays survey the period's travel writing; six more focus on areas of particular interest--Arabia, the Amazon, Ireland, Calcutta, the Congo and California, while the final three analyze some of the theoretical and cultural dimensions of this enigmatic, influential genre of writing. An extensive further reading list plus a detailed chronology are included.

Language: English

Pages: 358

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: December 16, 2002

ISBN: 0521786525

ISBN 13: 9780521786522

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