TY  - BOOK
AU  - McMurtrie,John
TI  - Literary journeys: mapping fictional travels across the world of literature 
SN  - 9780691266398 (hardcover)
AV  - PN 56 L776 2024
U1  - 809.9332 
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Princeton, NJ
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Travel in literature
KW  - Literary journeys
KW  - Geography in literature
KW  - Geography and literature
KW  - Viajes en la literatura
KW  - Viajes literarios
KW  - Geografía en la literatura
KW  - Voyage dans la littérature
KW  - Voyages littéraires
KW  - Géographie dans la littérature
KW  - Géographie et littérature
KW  - sears
KW  - Plot summaries
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Illustrated works
KW  - Ouvrages illustrés
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Quests & explorations --; The age of travel --; Postmodern movements --; Contemporary crossings
N2  - "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"--
ER  -