The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing [Paperback]

This book is an introduction to travel writing in English between 1500 and the present.The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing offers a broad, specially commissioned introduction to travel writing in English between 1500 and the present. Fives 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 analyse some of the theoretical and cultural dimensions to this most enigmatic and influential genre of writing. An extensive durther reading list is provided, plus a detailed chronology.The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing offers a broad, specially commissioned introduction to travel writing in English between 1500 and the present. Fives 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 analyse some of the theoretical and cultural dimensions to this most enigmatic and influential genre of writing. An extensive durther reading list is provided, plus a detailed chronology.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.Introduction Peter Hulme and Tim Youngs; 1. Stirrings and searchings (15001720) William H. Sherman; 2. The Grand Tour and after James Buzard; 3. Exploration and travel outside Europe (17201914) Roy Bridges; 4. Modernism and travel (18801940) Helen Carr; 5. Travelling to write (19402000) Peter Hulme; 6. The Middle East/Arabia: 'the cradle of IslalƒH