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- General, American / General, Essays & Travelogues, Subjects & Themes / General
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Travel writing has always been intimately linked with the construction of American identity. These specially-commissioned essays trace the journeys taken by writers from the pre-revolutionary period right up to the present. This Companion forms an invaluable guide for students approaching this new, important and exciting subject for the first time.
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Cambridge University Press
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0521678315
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9780521678315
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Publication Name
Cambridge Companion to American Travel Writing
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Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
General, American / General, Essays & Travelogues, Subjects & Themes / General
Series
Cambridge Companions to Literature Ser.
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Travel, Literary Criticism, Social Science
Number of Pages
314 Pages
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Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
18 Oz
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2008-033445
Intended Audience
College Audience
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Ps366.T73c36 2008
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'This is a stimulating and informative work that covers much new ground: it has certainly got me thinking and I now have a long list of titles to seek out. Apart from the book's value to literature and travel studies, students of North American history will also find this book useful.' Bob Duckett, bibliographer and former reference librarian, Bradford, UK
Table of Content
Chronology; Introduction: new worlds and old lands: the travel book and the construction of American identity Judith Hamera and Alfred Bendixen; Part I. Confronting the American Landscape: 1. Beginnings: the origins of American travel writing in the Pre-Revolutionary period Philip Gould; 2. Landscape and American travel writing William W. Stowe; 3. New York to Niagara by way of the Hudson and the Erie Christopher Mulvey; 4. The Mississippi river as site and symbol Thomas Ruys Smith; 5. The Southwest and travel writing Martin Padget; Part II. Americans Abroad: 6. American travel books about Europe before the Civil War Alfred Bendixen; 7. Americans in Europe: Henry James to the present William Merrill Decker; 8. Americans in the Holy Land, Israel and Palestine Hilton Obenzinger; 9. Americans in the larger world: beyond the Pacific coast Christopher McBride; 10. South of the border: American travel writing in Latin America Terry Caesar; Part III. Social Scenes and American Sites: 11. African American travel literature Virginia Whatley Smith; 12. American women and travel writing Susan L. Roberson; 13. Driving that highway to consciousness: late twentieth-century American travel literature Deborah Paes de Barros; Guide to further reading; Index.
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2008
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810.9/355
Dewey Edition
22
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