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The Cambridge introduction to travel writing

"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 t...

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Autore principale: Youngs,Tim
Natura: Printed Book
Pubblicazione: Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 2013. 2013
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Riassunto:"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
Descrizione fisica:xi, 240 pages illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN:9780521697392