TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blanton,Casey
TI  - Travel writing: the self and the world 
T2  - Genres in context
SN  - 9780203819784
AV  - PR756.T72 B57 2002eb
U1  - 820.9/355 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Travelers' writings, English
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Travelers' writings, American
KW  - American prose literature
KW  - English prose literature
KW  - Authorship
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Travel
KW  - Travel writing
KW  - History
KW  - Self in literature
KW  - Écrits de voyageurs anglais
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - Écrits de voyageurs américains
KW  - Prose américaine
KW  - Prose anglaise
KW  - Art d'écrire
KW  - Aspect psychologique
KW  - Voyage
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - European
KW  - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Reiseliteratur
KW  - gnd
KW  - Reisverhalen
KW  - gtt
KW  - Engels
KW  - Englisch
KW  - swd
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-142) and index; TRAVEL WRITTINGTHE SELF AND THE WORLD ; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chronology; Chapter 1Narrating Self and Other: A Historical Overview; Chapter 2"Vain Travelers": James Boswell and the Grand Tour; Chapter 3 Victorian Women Travelers: Mary Kingsley; Chapter 4The Modern Psychological Journey: Graham Greene; Chapter 5 Nature-Travel Writing: Peter Matthiessen; Chapter 6"Splenetic Travelers": V.S. Naipaul; Chapter 7"Lying Travelers": Bruce Chatwin; Chapter 8Envoi: Writings of Place and the Poetics of Displacement in the Works of Paul Theroux and Roland Barthes; Notes and References; Bibliographic EssayRecommended Titles; Index
N2  - Blanton follows the development of travel writing from classical times to the present, focusing in particular on Anglo-American travel writing since the eighteenth century. He identifies significant theoretical and critical contributions to the field, and also examines key texts by James Boswell, Mary Kingsley, Graham Greene, Peter Mathiessen, V.S. Naipaul, and Bruce Chatwin
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