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Travel Writing
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The new edition of Travel Writing is an accessible and interdisciplinary guide to this prolific and popular literary genre. Carl Thompson offers a clear and concise overview of the long history of travel writing from the ancient world to the present day.
Considering a wide range of primary sources from Sir Walter Raleigh to Jenny Diski, the extensively updated second edition:
- introduces the genre and outlines key debates within the field, such as gender, sexuality, postcolonial studies, and...