{"product_id":"writing-travel-john-zilcosky-9780802098061","title":"Writing Travel: The Poetics and Politics of the Modern Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eInterest in travel writing has grown rapidly within the disciplines of postcolonial and cultural studies; however, recent scholarship has failed to place travel writing within the larger literary tradition. \u003cem\u003eWriting Travel\u003c\/em\u003e assembles a superb collection of essays that demonstrate how travel attempts to reconfigure the world and, in so doing, to become a metaphor for imagination, subjectivity, and representation itself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining a broad range of texts and travellers from across the world, the contributors discuss canonical authors such as Homer, Goethe, and Baudelaire, alongside lesser known writers such as Theodor Herzl, Hans Erich Nossack, and William Gibson. This theoretically rich volume draws connections between travel and narrative, and provides powerful insights into the relationship between travel and the spoken act of storytelling, as well as the more ambivalent act of story writing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn engaging collection of essays by first-rate scholars, \u003cem\u003eWriting Travel\u003c\/em\u003e is an illuminating exploration of the history of travel writing, its influence on other literary genres, and the origins of narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Zilcosky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802098061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802098061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d","brand":"John Zilcosky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49096735228159,"sku":"9780802098061","price":84.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/writing-travel-john-zilcosky-9780802098061","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}