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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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Melville's Ishmael, sole survivor of an epic journey and something of a travel writer himself, discovers the central dilemma of travel literature when he begins to tell the reader of Moby-Dick about Queequeg's home: It is not down on any map. Read the first page
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Melville's Ishmael, sole survivor of an epic journey and something of a travel writer himself, discovers the central dilemma of travel literature when he begins to tell the reader of Moby-Dick about Queequeg's home: It is not down on any map. Read the first page
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Format:Paperback
Blanton has put together case studies of travel writing since the 18th century, with James Boswell, to the 20th century, with Graham Greene, Roland Barthes, and Bruce Chatwin.
The chapters are mostly summaries of the different selected writers and publications, with some insight in terms of growing involvement of the self in, and its revelation through, travel writing throughout time.
Will be of particular interest for readers especially interested in the writers selected as case studies.
1. Narrating Self and Other: A Historical Overview, 1
2. "Vain Travelers": James Boswell and the Grand Tour, 30
3. Victorian Women Travelers: Mary Kingsley, 44
4. The Modern Psychological Journey: Graham Greene, 59
5. Nature-Travel Writing: Peter Matthiessen, 71
6. "Splenetic Travelers": V.S. Naipaul, 82
7. "Lying Travelers": Bruce Chatwin, 95
8. Envoi: Writings of Place and the Poetics of Displacement in the Works of Paul Theroux and Roland Barthes, 106
Notes and References, 113
Bibliographical Essay, 120
Recommended Titles, 132
Index 143
The chapters are mostly summaries of the different selected writers and publications, with some insight in terms of growing involvement of the self in, and its revelation through, travel writing throughout time.
Will be of particular interest for readers especially interested in the writers selected as case studies.
1. Narrating Self and Other: A Historical Overview, 1
2. "Vain Travelers": James Boswell and the Grand Tour, 30
3. Victorian Women Travelers: Mary Kingsley, 44
4. The Modern Psychological Journey: Graham Greene, 59
5. Nature-Travel Writing: Peter Matthiessen, 71
6. "Splenetic Travelers": V.S. Naipaul, 82
7. "Lying Travelers": Bruce Chatwin, 95
8. Envoi: Writings of Place and the Poetics of Displacement in the Works of Paul Theroux and Roland Barthes, 106
Notes and References, 113
Bibliographical Essay, 120
Recommended Titles, 132
Index 143
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3 Feb 2006
Format:Hardcover
I mistakenly bought this book thinking it would teach me how to write travel articles. Actually it might benefit aspiring travel writers to study the greats of the genre. This analyzes in-depth Graham Greene, Bruce Chatwin, Mary Kingsley, James Boswell, Peter Matthiessen, and V.S. Naipaul.
Along with studying them, you learn about types of travel writing (nature travel, modern psychological journey, vain travelers, Victorian women travelers). This combination of history of travel writing and literary criticism makes heavy reading but should be useful to those wondering "what was Bruce Chatwin trying to say in Songlines?"
Along with studying them, you learn about types of travel writing (nature travel, modern psychological journey, vain travelers, Victorian women travelers). This combination of history of travel writing and literary criticism makes heavy reading but should be useful to those wondering "what was Bruce Chatwin trying to say in Songlines?"
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