Travel Narrative and the Ends of Modernity

Informationen zum Autor Stacy Burton is an associate professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her work on modernist fiction, travel narrative and literary theory has appeared in Modern Language Quarterly, Modern Philology, Comparative Literature, Genre, and elsewhere. Klappentext Combining theoretical arguments with close reading, this text traces how twentieth-century writers have reinvented travel narrative for new purposes. Zusammenfassung This text traces the evolution of travel narratives through the twentieth century. It examines classics such as Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom! experimental texts such as Auden's collaborative Letters from Iceland! best-sellers such as Fleming's Brazilian Adventure! and late-century work by Thubron! Iyer! Mahoney! Pham! and others. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: critical paradigms and problems; 2. The privilege - and problem - of narrative authority; 3. Modernist and postmodernist travels; 4. Nostalgia and the spectacle of modernity; 5. Perpetual wartime; 6. The allure of authenticity; Conclusion; Notes; Selected bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Stacy Burton, Burton Stacy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.07.2015
• EAN: 9781107539754
• ISBN: 978-1-107-53975-4
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 228 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Cambridge Studies in American; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, Literature & literary studies, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general