Temperamental journeys : essays on the modern literature of travel /
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Imprint: | Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1992. |
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Description: | vii, 359 p. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1698016 |
Summary: | A collection of essays which focus on 20th-century travel writing. Though travel writing has sometimes been viewed as a second-rate literary form, the essays in this volume aim to reinvigorate an appreciation of the genre as a blend of self-scrutiny, social comment and intercultural exchange. The contributors to Temperamental Journeys address issues ranging from the special role of women travellers and the dangers of cultural chauvinism in a postcolonial world to the response of postmodern literary travellers exploring the same territory as previous writers. |
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Physical Description: | vii, 359 p. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-356). |
ISBN: | 0820314161 0820314315 |