The Cambridge companion to travel writing

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Title:

The Cambridge companion to travel writing

Author:

Hulme, Peter.

ISBN:

9780521786522

Publication Information:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Physical Description:

p. cm.

Contents:

Introduction / Peter Hulme and Tim Youngs -- Pt. I. Surveys. 1. Stirrings and searchings (1500-1720) / William H. Sherman. 2. The Grand Tour and after (1660-1840) / James Buzard. 3. Exploration and travel outside Europe (1720-1914) / Roy Bridges. 4. Modernism and travel (1880-1940) / Helen Carr. 5. Travelling to write (1940-2000) / Peter Hulme -- Pt. II. Sites. 6. The Middle East / Arabia: 'the cradle of Islam' / Billie Melman. 7. South America / Amazonia: the forest of marvels / Neil L. Whitehead. 8. The Pacific / Tahiti: queen of the South Sea isles / Rod Edmond. 9. Africa / The Congo: the politics of darkness / Tim Youngs. 10. The Isles / Ireland: the wilder shore / Glenn Hooper. 11. India / Calcutta: city of palaces and dreadful night / Kate Teltscher. 12. The West / California: site of the future / Bruce Greenfield -- Pt. III. Topics. 13. Travel writing and gender / Susan Bassnett. 14. Travel writing and ethnography / Joan Pau Rubies.

15. Travel writing and its theory / Mary Baine Campbell.

Subject Term:

Travelers' writings, English -- History and criticism.

Travelers' writings, American -- History and criticism.

English prose literature -- History and criticism.

British -- Foreign countries -- Historiography.

Voyages and travels -- Historiography.

Travel writing -- History.

Travel in literature.

Travelers -- History.

Added Author:

Hulme, Peter.

Youngs, Tim.

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Summary

The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing brings together specialists from anthropology, history, literary and cultural studies to offer a broad and vibrant introduction to travel writing in English between 1500 and the present. This comprehensive introduction to the subject features specially commissioned contributions, including six essays surveying the period's travel writing; a further six focusing on geographical areas of particular interest - Arabia, the Amazon, Tahiti, Ireland, Calcutta, the Congo and California; and three final chapters analysing some of the theoretical and cultural dimensions to this enigmatic and influential genre of writing. Several invaluable tools are also provided, including an extensive list of further reading, and a detailed five-hundred year chronology listing important events and publications. This volume will be of interest to teachers and students alike.