Writing travel : the poetics and politics of the modern journey / edited by John Zilcosky.

"Examining a broad range of texts and travellers from across the world, the contributors discuss canonical authors such as Homer, Goethe, and Baudelaire, alongside lesser known writers such as Theodor Herzl, Hans Erich Nossack, and William Gibson. This theoretically rich volume draws connection...

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Other Authors: Zilcosky, John (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2008]
Series:German and European studies ; 8.
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Summary:"Examining a broad range of texts and travellers from across the world, the contributors discuss canonical authors such as Homer, Goethe, and Baudelaire, alongside lesser known writers such as Theodor Herzl, Hans Erich Nossack, and William Gibson. This theoretically rich volume draws connections between travel and narrative, and provides powerful insights into the relationship between travel and the spoken act of storytelling, as well as the more ambivalent act of story writing."--Jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 276 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781442689671
1442689676
1442692715
9781442692718
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.