New Approaches to Twentieth-Century Travel Literature in French: Genre, History, Theory

by Siobhan Shilton, Charles Forsdick, Feroza Basu

From the postcolonial perspective of the early twenty-first century, the importance of travel literature, for considerations of national and international cultures and identities, has become increasingly apparent. Travel literature in French has, however, received little critical scrutiny. This book contributes to contemporary reassessments of the form in a number of disciplines, focusing specifically on the discourses and contexts of travel in twentieth-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082047133X
• ISBN13: 9780820471334
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 235 Pages