Travel Writing |
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| Editor:
| Youngs, Tim
Forsdick, Charles |
| Series title: | Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-37498-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $1355.00 |
Book Description:
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The past three decades have seen a remarkable growth of cross-disciplinary academic interest in travel writing. This new four-volume collection from Routledge brings together the best research from scholars around the world. The collection also features pieces by travel writers themselves discussing their work, including:
- Michael Cronin on travel and translation
- Robyn Davidson interviewed by Tim Youngs
- Peter Hulme on Columbus
- David Espey on...
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The past three decades have seen a remarkable growth of cross-disciplinary academic interest in travel writing. This new four-volume collection from Routledge brings together the best research from scholars around the world. The collection also features pieces by travel writers themselves discussing their work, including:
- Michael Cronin on travel and translation
- Robyn Davidson interviewed by Tim Youngs
- Peter Hulme on Columbus
- David Espey on Americans in Vietnam
- John Hutnyk on Calcutta
- Charles Forsdick on French travel writing
- Mary Louise Pratt on travel-writing scholarship
- Richard White on Australian travellers.
Volume1 focuses on the production of travel writing; Volume 2 on the contexts of travel writing; Volume 3 on modes of travel and types of traveller; and Volume 4 on critical approaches to travel writing.