English Travel Writing from Pilgrimages to Postcolonial Explorations

by Barbara Korte

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312226632
• ISBN13: 9780312226633
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"