Travel Writing

<p>An increasingly popular genre – addressing issues of empire colonialism post-colonialism globalization gender and politics – travel writing offers the reader a movement between the familiar and the unknown.</p><p>In this volume Carl Thompson:</p><ul> <li>introduces the genre outlining competing definitions and key debates</li> <li> provides a broad historical survey from the medieval period to the present day</li> <li>explores the autobiographical dimensions of the form</li> <li>looks at both men and women’s travel writing surveying a range of canonical and more marginal works drawn from both the colonial and postcolonial era</li> <li>utilises both British and American travelogues to consider the genre's role in shaping the history of both nations.</li> </ul><p>Concise and practical <em>Travel Writing</em> is the ideal introduction for those new to the subject as well as a crucial overview of current debates in the field.</p>