American Travel Writers, 1850-1915
Title | American Travel Writers, 1850-1915 PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Ross |
Publisher | Dictionary of Literary Biograp |
Pages | 488 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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Realism replaced the romantic attitude that had previously dominated travel writing, due in part to thepractical exigencies of tourism, photography and industrialization. Discusses cultural biases in travel writing, combining accuracy with good story telling, and how hundreds of newspapers and magazines in the last third of the century made it possible to turn travel writing into a lifelong career.
The Cambridge Companion to American Travel Writing
Title | The Cambridge Companion to American Travel Writing PDF eBook |
Author | Alfred Bendixen |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2009-01-29 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0521861098 |
A stimulating overview of American journeys from the eighteenth century to the present.
The Undergraduate's Companion to American Writers and Their Web Sites
Title | The Undergraduate's Companion to American Writers and Their Web Sites PDF eBook |
Author | Larry G. Hinman |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2000-12-15 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0313091471 |
An outstanding research guide for undergraduate students of American literature, this best-selling book is essential when it comes to researching American authors. Bracken and Hinman identify and describe the best and most current sources, both in print and online, for nearly 300 American writers whose works are included in the most frequently used literary anthologies. Students will know exactly what information is available and where to find it.
A History of Travel in America V1 (1915)
Title | A History of Travel in America V1 (1915) PDF eBook |
Author | Seymour Dunbar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 402 |
Release | 2008-06 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781436614245 |
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Literature of Travel and Exploration
Title | Literature of Travel and Exploration PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Speake |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 3477 |
Release | 2014-05-12 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1135456623 |
Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.
Encyclopedia of American Literature
Title | Encyclopedia of American Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Manly, Inc. |
Publisher | Infobase Learning |
Pages | 4512 |
Release | 2013-06 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 1438140770 |
Susan Clair Imbarrato, Carol Berkin, Brett Barney, Lisa Paddock, Matthew J. Bruccoli, George Parker Anderson, Judith S.
Reflecting on Darwin
Title | Reflecting on Darwin PDF eBook |
Author | Eckart Voigts |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2016-04-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1317069676 |
Taking up the historical evolution of Darwin and his theories and the cultural responses they have inspired, Reflecting on Darwin poses the following questions: 'How are the apparatuses in the mid-nineteenth century and at the turn of the twenty-first century interconnected with bio-scientific paradigms in art, literature, culture and science?' 'How are naturalism, determinism and Darwinism - the eugenics of the nineteenth century and the genetic coding of the twentieth century - positioned, embodied and staged in various media configurations and media genres?' and 'How have particular media apparatuses formed, displaced or stabilized the various concepts of humankind in the framework of evolutionary theory?' Ranging from the early circulation of Darwin’s ideas to the present, this interdisciplinary collection pays particular attention to Darwin’s postmillennial reception. Beginning with an overview of the historical development of contemporary ecological and ethical fears, Reflecting on Darwin then turns to Darwin’s influence on contemporary media, neo-Victorian literature and culture, science fiction literature and film, and contemporary theory. In examining the plurality of ways in which Darwin has been rewritten and reappropriated, this unique volume both mirrors and inspects the complexity of recent debates in Victorian and neo-Victorian studies.