mapping fictional travels across the world of literature McMurtrie, John 1969- editor text bibliography biography Plot summaries. Illustrated works. Ouvrages illustrés. nju 2024 monographic eng

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255 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm. "A beautifully illustrated guide to over seventy-five important journeys in world literature, spanning more than thirty countries and twenty-five hundred years. From Homer's Odyssey, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and Cervantes's Don Quixote to Melville's Moby-Dick, Kerouac's On the Road, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah, some of the most powerful works of fiction center on a journey. Extending to the ends of the earth and spanning from ancient Greece to today, Literary Journeys is an enthralling book that takes you on a voyage of discovery through some of the most important journeys in literature. In original essays, an international team of literary critics, scholars, and other writers explore exciting, dangerous, tragic, and uplifting journeys in more than seventy-five classic and popular works of fiction from around the world. Chronologically arranged and gorgeously illustrated throughout with paintings, engravings, photographs, and maps in full color, this captivating book will appeal to readers who have travelled widely, who are planning a trip, or who love armchair travel. Contributors include Robert McCrum, Susan Shillinglaw, Maya Jaggi, Robert Holden, Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Alan Taylor, Michael Bourne, Sarah Mesle--and dozens more"-- Quests & explorations -- The age of travel -- Postmodern movements -- Contemporary crossings. John McMurtrie, general editor. Includes bibliographical references and index. Travel in literature Literary journeys Geography in literature Geography and literature Viajes en la literatura Viajes literarios Geografía en la literatura Voyage dans la littérature Voyages littéraires Géographie dans la littérature Géographie et littérature Geography in literature Travel in literature PN 56 L776 2024 809.9332 9780691266398 (hardcover) 0691266395 (hardcover) 2024931587 YDX 240126 20250514122608.0 23537576 eng