This book seeks to break free from Eurocentric historical perspectives of medieval-era travel through Egypt and Sinai by focusing on the testimonies of 4th to 15th-century travellers from the African continent, especially pilgrim diaries from the...Lasīt vairāk
This book seeks to break free from Eurocentric historical perspectives of medieval-era travel through Egypt and Sinai by focusing on the testimonies of 4th to 15th-century travellers from the African continent, especially pilgrim diaries from the...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 03-Jun-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: American University in Cairo Press, ISBN-13: 9781617976674)
Illustrated publications and the role of market forces in shaping representations of Egypt at a time when European colonial interests in the region were at their peak, with 80 color and black and white illustrations In the nineteenth cent...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Apr-2025, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: New York Review Books, ISBN-13: 9781681379210)
In this enthralling re-creation of American novelist Henry James famous ten-month trip around the United States, lauded critic Peter Brooks brings to life both the literary giant and America in its Gilded Age. In 1904, after two decades of living a...Lasīt vairāk
The new edition of Travel Writing is an accessible and interdisciplinary guide to this prolific and popular literary genre. Carl Thompson offers a clear and concise overview of the long history of travel writing from the ancient world to the present...Lasīt vairāk
The new edition of Travel Writing is an accessible and interdisciplinary guide to this prolific and popular literary genre. Carl Thompson offers a clear and concise overview of the long history of travel writing from the ancient world to...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : English Association Monographs: English at the Interface
(Izdošanas datums: 11-Apr-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Liverpool University Press, ISBN-13: 9781836242925)
Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open intiative. As the era of high globalization has given way to a time of resurgent nationalisms, the discourse of travel has undergone significant change. The previo...Lasīt vairāk
Twenty-First-Century Perspectives on British Travel Writing evidences the evolution of travel writing studies over the last two decades and points to innovative ways to study this heterogenous genre. This volume seeks to build bridges between the st...Lasīt vairāk
During the long nineteenth century, British women reframed the masculine paradigm of the Grand Tour. They created a feminist travel gaze, intentionally or unintentionally, that differed from that of male peers. Unlike their brothers, who went for...Lasīt vairāk
Inveterate Walkers, Literary Minds: Bengals Pilgrims and Their Himalayan Journeys brings under its critical focus the writings of Bengals travellers (mostly pilgrims) who went, on foot, into Himalayan trails from the late nineteenth to the early a...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
(Izdošanas datums: 11-Feb-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Camden House Inc, ISBN-13: 9781640141384)
Far into the nineteenth century, Germany was not yet a nation-state but a conglomeration of principalities. The causes and consequences of its belatedness compared to other European countries such as England and France have been much debated. The...Lasīt vairāk
This book is a study of contemporary travel writing as a contested field of political and historical articulations. It poses the question of the relevance of the travel form in a world that is both flagrantly unequal and extensively mapped. The book...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 28-Jan-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, ISBN-13: 9781803742854)
From the Foreword:«Dis-orienting the Maghreb offers a valuable contribution to both scholarship on travel literature and postcolonial studies. Rddads emphasis on geographical specificity and his focus on the often-...Lasīt vairāk
