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The Cambridge introduction to travel writing

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 2013. 2013Description: xi, 240 pages illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780521697392
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 820.932 YOU
Summary: "Critics have long struggled to find a suitable category for travelogues. From its ancient origins to the present day, the travel narrative has borrowed elements from various genres - from epic poetry to literary reportage - in order to evoke distant cultures and exotic locales, and sometimes those closer to hand. Tim Youngs argues in this lucid and detailed Introduction that travel writing redefines the myriad
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"Critics have long struggled to find a suitable category for travelogues. From its ancient origins to the present day, the travel narrative has borrowed elements from various genres - from epic poetry to literary reportage - in order to evoke distant cultures and exotic locales, and sometimes those closer to hand. Tim Youngs argues in this lucid and detailed Introduction that travel writing redefines the myriad

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