English Travel Writing From Pilgrimages To Postcolonial Explorations

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English Travel Writing From Pilgrimages To Postcolonial Explorations is written by NA NA and published by Palgrave Macmillan. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 134962473X (ISBN 10) and 9781349624737 (ISBN 13).

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 and Raban, and also lesser known representatives. Types of travel writing discussed include pilgrims' itineraries, exploration writing, tourist accounts as well as postmodern varieties.