The Cambridge companion to travel writing / 
 Companion to travel writing  Travel writing 
edited by Peter Hulme and Tim Youngs. 
 - Cambridge, U.K. ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2002. 
 - x, 343 p. :  ill., map ;  24 cm. 
 - Cambridge companions to literature .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-318) and index. 
<br/><br/>Stirrings and searchings (1500-1720) / William H. Sherman --  The grand tour and after (1660-1840) / James Buzard --  Exploration and travel outside Europe (1720-1914) / Roy Bridges --  Modernism and travel (1880-1940) / Helen Carr --  Traveling to write (1940-2000) / Peter Hulme --  The Middle East, Arabia: 'the cradle of Islam' / Billie Melman --  South America, Amazonia: the forest of marvels / Neil L. Whitehead --  The Pacific, Tahiti: queen of the South Sea isles / Rod Edmond --  Africa, The Congo: the politics of darkness / Tim Youngs --  The isles, Ireland: the wilder shore / Glenn Hooper --  India, Calcutta: city of palaces and dreadful night / Kate Teltscher --  The west, California: site of the future / Bruce Greenfield --  Travel writing and gender / Susan Bassnett --  Travel writing and ethnography / Joan Pau Rubiés --  Travel writing and its theory / Mary Baine Campbell. 
<br/><br/> Traces the history of travel writing from the sixteenth century to the present, looks at areas around the world historically conducive to writing, and examines travel writing in conjunction with gender, ethnography, and theory. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>052178140X 0521786525 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Travelers' writings, English--History and criticism.<br/>Travelers' writings, American--History and criticism.<br/>English prose literature--History and criticism.<br/>British--Historiography.--Foreign countries<br/>Voyages and travels--Historiography.<br/>Travel writing--History.<br/>Travel in literature.<br/>Travelers--History.<br/>20160500.<br/>Escritos sobre viajeros ingleses--Historia y crítica.<br/>Escritos sobre viajeros estadounidenses--Historia y crítica.<br/>Literatura inglesa en prosa--Historia y crítica.<br/>Viajes--Historiografía.<br/>Viajeros--Historia.<br/>Viajes en la literatura.<br/>Britanicos en países extranjeros--Historiografía.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>English-speaking countries--Intellectual life.<br/>Países de habla inglesa--Vida intelectual.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR 756  / C178 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>820.9491