Travel writing has always been intimately linked with the construction
of American identity. Occupying the space between fact and fiction, it
exposes cultural fault lines and reveals the changing desires and
anxieties of both the traveller and the reading public. These
specially-commissioned essays trace the journeys taken by writers from
the pre-revolutionary period right up to the present. They examine a
wide range of responses to the problems posed by landscapes found both
at home and abroad, from the Mississippi and the Southwest to Europe
and the Holy Land. Throughout, the contributors focus on the role
played by travel writing in the definition and formulation of national
identity, and consider the experiences of minority writers as well as
canonical authors. This Companion forms an invaluable guide for
students approaching this new, important and exciting subject for the
first time.
Les mer
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ISBN
9781139798259
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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