The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521786522)

The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing is a broad, specially commissioned introduction to travel writing in English between 1500 and the present. Five essays survey the period's travel writing; six more focus on areas of particular interest--Arabia, the Amazon, Ireland, Calcutta, the Congo and California, while the final three analyze some of the theoretical and cultural dimensions of this enigmatic, influential genre of writing. An extensive further reading list plus a detailed chronology are included.

Author: Peter Hulme
ISBN-10: 0521786525
ISBN-13: 9780521786522
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/21/2002
Pages: 358
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.90d