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English Travel Writing From Pilgrimages To Postcolonial Explorations

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  • © 2000

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  1. Barbara Korte
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: Travelling Pleasure — Reading Pleasure

    • Barbara Korte
    Pages 1-4

  3. Charting the Genre

    • Barbara Korte
    Pages 5-18

  4. Paths to the Real World

    • Barbara Korte
    Pages 19-39

  5. Paths to the Self

    • Barbara Korte
    Pages 40-65

  6. The Home Tour

    • Barbara Korte
    Pages 66-81

  7. Travel Writing in the Nineteenth Century

    • Barbara Korte
    Pages 82-105

  8. Women’s Travel Writing

    • Barbara Korte
    Pages 106-126

  9. British Travel Writing in the Twentieth Century

    • Barbara Korte
    Pages 127-149

  10. Postcolonial Travel Writing in the Twentieth Century

    • Barbara Korte
    Pages 150-178

  11. Conclusion

    • Barbara Korte
    Pages 179-180

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 181-218
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About this book

Travel writing has gained new appeal, and writers from the British Isles have been particularly productive and successful in this genre. This volume provides a concise introduction to the basic characteristics and historical development of travel writing as it has emerged in the British Isles from the Middle Ages to the present day. Examples considered include many classics such as Defoe, Sterne and Smollett, Isabella Bird and Mary Kingsley, Chatwin and Raban, and also lesser known representatives. Types of travel writing discussed include pilgrims' itineraries, exploration writing, tourist accounts as well as postmodern varieties.

About the author

Barbara Korte is Professor of English Literature at the University of Tübingen.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: English Travel Writing From Pilgrimages To Postcolonial Explorations

  • Authors: Barbara Korte

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-62471-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-22663-3Published: 15 July 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-62471-3Published: 12 June 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 218

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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