Travel Writing

by Carl Thompson

Book Overview

An increasingly popular genre - addressing issues of empire, colonialism, post-colonialism, globalization, gender and politics - travel writing offers the reader a movement between the familiar and the unknown.

In this volume, Carl Thompson:

introduces the genre, outlining competing definitions and key debates provides a broad historical survey from the medieval period to the present day explores the autobiographical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415444659
• ISBN13: 9780415444651
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.7"