The first major study of travel writing as a literary form and of travel as a cultural phenomenon. Weaving biography, history, and literary criticism together, Cocker explores the lives and works of a dozen major explorer/writers and paints fascinating portraits of the places that have obsessed them. Photographs.
Language
English
Pages
294
Format
Hardcover
Release
January 01, 1992
ISBN 13
9780679422426
Loneliness and Time: The Story of British Travel Writing
The first major study of travel writing as a literary form and of travel as a cultural phenomenon. Weaving biography, history, and literary criticism together, Cocker explores the lives and works of a dozen major explorer/writers and paints fascinating portraits of the places that have obsessed them. Photographs.