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The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing brings together specialists from anthropology, history, literary and cultural studies to offer a broad and vibrant introduction to travel writing in English between 1500 and the present. This comprehensive introduction to the subject features specially commissioned contributions, including six essays surveying the period's travel writing; a further six focusing on geographical areas of particular interest - Arabia, the Amazon, Tahiti, Ireland, Calcutta, the Congo and California; and three final chapters analysing some of the theoretical and cultural dimensions to this enigmatic and influential genre of writing. Several invaluable tools are also provided, including an extensive list of further reading, and a detailed five-hundred year chronology listing important events and publications. This volume will be of interest to teachers and students alike.

Travelers' writings, English --- Travelers' writings, American --- English prose literature --- Travelers' writings --- Travel in literature. --- Travelers --- Ecrits de voyageurs anglais --- Ecrits de voyageurs américains --- Prose anglaise --- Ecrits de voyageurs --- Voyage dans la littérature --- Voyageurs --- History and criticism. --- History. --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire --- Ecrits de voyageurs américains --- Voyage dans la littérature --- British --- Voyages and travels --- Travel writing --- Travel in literature --- English --- English Literature --- Languages & Literatures --- History and criticism --- Historiography --- History --- English-speaking countries --- Intellectual life. --- Travellers --- Voyagers --- Wayfarers --- Persons --- Voyages and travels in literature --- Journeys --- Travel books --- Travels --- Trips --- Geography --- Adventure and adventurers --- Travel --- British people --- Britishers --- Britons (British) --- Brits --- Ethnology --- Fiction --- Thematology --- English literature --- Historiography. --- RECITS DE VOYAGES ANGLAIS --- RECITS DE VOYAGES AMERICAINS --- PROSE ANGLAISE --- VOYAGES --- VOYAGE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- VOYAGEURS --- PAYS DE LANGUE ANGLAISE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- HISTORIOGRAPHIE --- HISTOIRE --- VIE INTELLECTUELLE