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writing travel the poetics and politics of the modern journey
p interest in travel writing has grown rapidly within the disciplines of postcolonial and cultural studies ; however recent scholarship has failed to place travel writing within the larger literary tradition . writing travel assembles a superb collection of essays that demonstrate how travel attempts to reconfigure the world and in so doing to become a metaphor for imagination subjectivity and representation itself . p examining a broad range of texts and travellers from across the world the contributors discuss canonical authors such as homer goethe and baudelaire alongside lesser known writers such as theodor herzl hans erich nossack and william gibson . this theoretically rich volume draws connections between travel and narrative and provides powerful insights into the relationship between travel and the spoken act of storytelling as well as the more ambivalent act of story writing . p an engaging collection of essays by first rate scholars writing travel is an illuminating exploration of the history of travel writing its influence on other literary genres and the origins of narrative .
other university of toronto press 2008 isbn13 9780802098061 isbn10 0802098061
abridged n isbn 13 9780802098061 number in series 1 number of pages 276 publisher university of toronto press release date 62135769600000